Boris Godunov (1986 film)
Boris Godunov | |
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Directed by | Sergei Bondarchuk |
Written by | Sergei Bondarchuk Alexander Pushkin |
Starring | Sergei Bondarchuk Alyona Bondarchuk |
Cinematography | Vadim Yusov |
Edited by | Lyudmila Sviridenko |
Music by | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov |
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Running time | 141 minutes |
Countries | Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, West Germany |
Languages | Russian, French |
Boris Godunov (Russian: Борис Годунов) is a 1986 drama film directed by and starring Sergei Bondarchuk. It is an adaptation of the 1825 play Boris Godunov, written by Alexander Pushkin. The picture was co-produced by the Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and West Germany. It was entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Plot[]
The action takes place in Russia and Poland as the 16th century ends and the 17th century begins. The reign of Boris Godunov is depicted, his son Feodor, and the coming to power of False Dmitry I. After the death of the feeble-minded Tsar Fedor Ivanovich, son of Ivan the Terrible, Boris Godunov takes the throne, by the decision of the Zemsky Sobor, with the help of intrigues, alliances and the arrangement of his sister Irina's marriage to Tsarevich Feodor, gains great influence and power in the court.
But suddenly there is a new contender for the throne – a man posing as Dmitri, the younger son of Ivan the Terrible, who officially died in Uglich in 1591. The pretender shows up in Poland and after he receives the support of Prince Vishnevetzky, Sandomierz voivode Mniszech and his daughter, the beautiful Marina, returns to Russia. Despite the fact that the church and Vasily Shuiski, who investigated the circumstances of the death of Dmitry, deny the authenticity of the prince, he on his way to Moscow. He is becoming increasingly popular among the people and is setting up to be a real threat to Tsar Boris. Who is he really – a daring adventurer, a true prince, or a ghost who has materialized to avenge a long-forgotten crime?
Cast[]
- Sergei Bondarchuk as Boris Godunov
- Alyona Bondarchuk as tsarevna Xenia Godunova
- as fool for Christ
- Roman Filippov as Patriarch Job of Moscow
- Valery Storozhik as prince Dmitry Kurbsky
- as Gavrila Pushkin
- Vladimir Sedov as Afanasy Pushkin
- Georgi Burkov as Barlaam
- as Misael
- Irina Skobtseva as tavern hostess
- Kira Golovko as nurse of Xenia
- as tsaritsa Maria Skuratova-Belskaya
- Fyodor Bondarchuk as tsarevitch Theodore Godunov
- Henryk Machalica as Jerzy Mniszech
- Olgierd Łukaszewicz as Mikołaj Czernikowski
- Marian Dziędziel as Adam Wiśniowiecki
- as Semyon Godunov
- as Father Superior of Chudov Monastery
References[]
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Boris Godunov". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
External links[]
- 1986 films
- 1980s historical films
- Soviet historical films
- Soviet films
- Russian films
- Russian historical films
- Polish films
- Polish historical films
- Czech films
- Czech historical films
- West German films
- Russian-language films
- 1980s French-language films
- Films directed by Sergei Bondarchuk
- Films based on works by Aleksandr Pushkin
- Films shot in the Czech Republic
- Films set in the 1590s
- Films set in the 1600s
- Cultural depictions of Boris Godunov
- Mosfilm films