Boris Godunov (1989 film)

Boris Godounov (aka Boris Godunov) is a 1989 film based on the opera of the same name by Modest Mussorgsky, but also the play of Alexander Pushkin.

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The film features the original 1872 Mussorgsky's score, although with significant cuts.

Synopsis

Chamberlain of Ivan the Terrible, Boris Godounov is after the Tsar's death regent of Feodor I, before becoming the Tsar of Russia himself.

Cast

Ruggero Raimondi as Boris Godunov

Kenneth Riegel as Prince Chouisky

Pavel Slaby as Grigory/Dimitri—The Innocent

Bernard Lefort/Paul Plishka as Pimene

Delphine Forest/Galina Vishnevskaya as Marina Mnichek

Romuald Tesarowicz as Varlaam, the hermit

Washington Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich)