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Boris Godounov (Blu-Ray) (*)

$26.99

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Russian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Russian ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
117 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1989 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )
Yugoslavia ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Andrzej Zulawski

Written By:
Modest Mussorgsky
Alexander Pushkin

Actors:
Ruggero Raimondi ..... Boris Godounov
Kenneth Riegel ..... Le prince Chouisky
Pavel Slabý ..... Le moine Grigori (le faux Dimitri) / L'innocent
Wyatscheslaw Polozov ..... Grigor
Bernard Lefort ..... Pimène
Paul Plishka ..... Pimèn
Delphine Forest ..... Marina Mnichek
Galina Vishnevskaya ..... Marina Mnichek / L'aubergist
Anne-Marie Pisani ..... L'aubergiste
Nikita Storojew ..... Rangon
Romuald Tesarowicz ..... Varlaam
Nicolai Gedda ..... L'innocen
Kaline Carr ..... Xenia
Catherine Dubosc ..... Xeni
Mahew Adam Fish ..... Fyodo

Synopsis:

The film is based on the musical recording of the famous opera by Modest Mussorgsky about the tragic events surrounding the ruling of the Russian tsar Boris in the early 17th century. The recording was actually made two years before the filming with the participation of the Washington Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich) and several opera stars (the part of Marina is sung by Galina Vishnevskaya). Zulawski made the film just as we would be watching the theatrical performance. Then we are going through the sets and, finally, we notice the film crew. The director deliberately filled the picture with a plenty of anachronisms making the implications on the Soviet history and the other dictatorships of the 20th century.

A possible impostor (Pavel Slaby) torments a newly crowned medieval czar (Ruggero Raimondi) who may have ordered the real successor's death.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 10 June, 2015.

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