Russian filmmaker Vera Stroyeva specialized in cinematic adaptations of famous operas. One of the most successful of these was her 1955 film version of Mussorgsky and Pushkin's Boris Godunov. Stroyeva's adaptation deftly streamlines the story of a Russian czar whose life is placed in jeopardy by a pretender to his throne. A. Pirogov sings the title role, while G. Nellep provides vocal and visual menace as the "False Dmitri". The use of a color process known as Magicolor adds just the right touch of theatrical artificiality to the pomp-and-splendor proceedings.
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Aleksandr Pirogov
Boris Godunov
Also in
Mozart and Salieri
Nikandr Khanayev
Vasili Shuysky
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Georgi Nelepp
Grigori
Maxim Mikhaylov
Pimen
Known for
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan Kozlovsky
The Fool
Also in
The Grand Concert
Poem of the Sea
Larisa Avdeyeva
Marina
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Eugene Onegin
Vera Stroyeva Director · Nikolay Golovanov Writer Vladimir Nikolayev Cinematographer
First release January 21, 1954 · Produced in Russia · Original title Борис Годунов
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Russia
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Original title
Борис Годунов
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · January 21, 1954
Theatrical
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XC
November 22, 1956 · Theatrical
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