Khovanshchina is a 1959 Soviet musical drama film, released the following year, directed by Vera Stroyeva and based on the eponymous opera by 19th-century Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. For his adaptation of Mussorgsky's score, Dmitri Shostakovich was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. The music was conducted by Yevgeny Svetlanov.

Khovanschina (1959)
Directed by Vera Stroyeva
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Academy Award, Adaptation, Best Scoring, Composer, Evgeny Svetlanov, Modest Mussorgsky, Music, Musical Picture, Mussorgsky, Opera, Russian
Alternate Titles
Chowanstschina
DD
Hovanscsina
HU
Jovánschina
AR
Khovanschina
, US
Khovansjtjina
DK
Хованщина
, RU