Katerina Izmailova (1966)
Directed by Mikhail Shapiro
Genres - Drama, Music, Musical |
Sub-Genres - Film-Opera, Musical Drama |
Run Time - 116 min. |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Katerina Izmailova is a filmization of Dmitry Shostakovich's long-suppressed 1936 opera. Galina Vishnevskaya stars as Katerina, a bored 19th century farm wife. At the behest of her grungy lover, Katerina murders her husband and her father-in-law. She and her new beau are both sent to Siberia, where the lover almost immediately takes up with a younger woman. Banned by Stalin for its bleak portrait of Soviet life, Katerina Izmailova was not given a Russian staging for over 40 years; its Metropolitan Opera debut did not occur until 1994. Dmitri Shostakovich also wrote the screenplay for the screen version of Katerina Izmailova.
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banishment, murder, wife, father-in-law, husband