Boris Godounov

Boris Godounov (1989)

A possible impostor torments a newly crowned medieval czar who may have ordered the real successor's death.

Date of release
1989-12-20
TMDB
7.7 / 10 (16)
Runtime
1h 55m
Genres
Music, Drama, History
Director
Andrzej Żuławski

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Boris Godunov

Boris Godunov is a 1989 musical drama film written and directed by Andrzej Żuławski, based on the opera of the same name by Modest Mussorgsky and the 1825 play of the same name by Alexander Pushkin.

Production

The film is based on the musical recording of Mussorgsky's opera made in mid-1987 in Washington, D.C., with the participation of several opera stars and the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich. The recording was made for Erato Records and cost one million dollars.

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