Katerina Izmailova
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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.
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Galina Vishnevskaya
Katerina Izmailova
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Artyom Inozemtsev
Sergey
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Sindikat-2
Operation 'Trust'
Nikolai Leskov
Yevgeni Yenej
Mikhail Shapiro
Nikolai Boyarsky
Zinoviy Borisovich
Known for
The Golden Calf
The Adventures of the Electronic
Aleksandr Preis
Yevgenia Slovtsova
Aleksandr Sokolov
Boris Timofeyevich
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Give Me a Paw, My Friend!
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Vladimir Ponomaryov
Roman Tkachuk
Village Drunk
Known for
Heart of a Dog
Mikhail Shapiro Director · Nikolai Leskov Author Rostislav Davydov Cinematographer
United States release April 25, 1969 · Produced in Russia · Production Sovkino
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Sovkino
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Russia
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Original title
Катерина Измайлова
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · November 19, 1966
Theatrical
United States · April 25, 1969
Denmark
May 18, 1970
France
January 1, 1967 · Cannes Film Festival
Russia
June 8, 1967 · Theatrical
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