In a provincial town on the Volga River, the young and sensitive Katerina marries Tikhon, a violent drunkard, and thus enters the crude milieu of greedy salesmen, the "dark kingdom". Her mother-in-law, Kabanikha, rules the family with an iron fist and endlessly harasses Katerina. One day, when Tikhon is away, she meets Boris, a man who embodies everything Katerina is longing for.
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Alla Tarasova
Katerina Petrovna Kabanova
Also in
Peter the First, Part II
Guilty Without Guilt
Ivan Chuvelyov
Tikhon Kabanov, her husband
Also in
The End of St. Petersburg
Cities and Years
Mikhail Tsaryov
Boris Grigoriyevich, her lover
Also in
Hercules and Admetus
Woe from Wit
Varvara Massalitinova
Marfa Ignatovna Kabanova, her mother-in-law
Known for
Alexander Nevsky
Aelita: Queen of Mars
Irina Zarubina
Barbara Kabanova, her sister-in-law
Also in
My Apprenticeship
Alyonka
Mikhail Zharov
Koudryash
Known for
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Chess Fever
Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya
The Old Seer
Also in
Aero NT-54
Simple People
Mikhail Tarkhanov
Saveli Prokofiyevich Dikoy
Also in
Ranks and People
The Youth of Maxim
Vladimir Petrov Director · Alexander Ostrovsky Author Vladimir Shcherbachov Composer
First release March 25, 1934 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Production Gosudarstvennoe Upravlenie Kinematografii i fotografii (GUKF)
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Lenfilm
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Gosudarstvennoe Upravlenie Kinematografii i fotografii (GUKF)
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Russia · Russia
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Original title
Гроза
Original language
Russian
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Russian
Release dates
Russia · March 25, 1934
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No release date listed for United States.
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