Khovanshchina

1959Movie⏱️ 2h 10m

DramaMusical

⭐ 6.3

IMDB Rating

67 votes

An opera about the Moscow uprising of 1682. Reacting against Westernization, boyar Ivan Khovansky raises a rebellion against regent Sofia Alekseyevna and the two young Tsars Peter I and Ivan V.

Director

Vera Stroyeva

Writers

Anna Abramova, Dmitri Shostakovich, Vera Stroyeva

Stars

Aleksey Krivchenya, Anton Grigoryev, Aleksei Maslennikov

Release Date

November 14, 1959

Language

Russian

Country

Soviet Union

🎯 1

Nominations

💬 2

Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

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Aleksey Krivchenya

as knyaz Ivan Khovanskiy

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Anton Grigoryev

as knyaz Andrey Khovanskiy

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Aleksei Maslennikov

as Kuzka

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Daniel Bedrosyan

as Strelets

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Sergey Bekasov

as Podachiy

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Tikhon Chernyakov

as klevret knyaziya Golitsyna

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Yuriy Dementyev

as boyarin Streshnev

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Filipp Fokin

as Varsonofyev

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L. Gavrilyuk

as Streletskaya zhena

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Vladimir Gavryushov

as Strelets

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

2.35 : 1

Sound

Mono

Color

Black and White

Production

Mosfilm

🏷️ Keywords

young17th centuryf rated

🎯 Categories

RussianDramaMusical

⭐ Featured Review

Overall, this is the best Khovanschina I've seen, unfortunately it is not easy to find

by TheLittleSongbird • 2012-09-10

9/10

"I have been enjoying this film from 1959 on an old VHS for some time now, but the quality of the video is very quickly fading due to so much watching. Sadly, this Khovanshchina is very difficult to find, and if there is a performance of the opera that does deserve to be on DVD, it's this one. As much as I did love the Vienna and Bolshoi productions, I don't put them in the same league as this one. I do agree that giving Shaklovity's aria to somebody else undermines Shaklovity's character to just a schemer when he is more than that. Other than that, the film is great. It is ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Lyudmila Novosyolova's debut.

📖 Synopsis

An opera about the Moscow uprising of 1682. Reacting against Westernization, boyar Ivan Khovansky raises a rebellion against regent Sofia Alekseyevna and the two young Tsars Peter I and Ivan V.