Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (movie)

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (movie)

Мусоргский: «Борис Годунов»
  • Production country: Russia, France
  • Production companies: Opéra National de Paris
  • Genre: Drama, History, Music
  • Release date: 6/7/2018
  • Run time: 130 min.

Movie description

There are elements of Macbeth in this political fable, in which the ghost of the child that Boris has had killed in order to seize the throne appears as an impostor. Adapting Pushkin's epic poem, Mussorgsky composed a meditation on the solitude of power, a populist drama in which the real protagonist is the Russian people with its burden of eternal suffering. Ivo Van Hove is no stranger to grand political frescos. This is his first production for the Paris Opera.

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Ildar Abdrazakov

Ildar Abdrazakov

Role(s): Boris Godunov

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Evdokiya Malevskaya

Evdokiya Malevskaya

Role(s): Feodor

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Ruzan Mantashyan

Ruzan Mantashyan

Role(s): Xenia

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Alexandra Durseneva

Alexandra Durseneva

Role(s): Xenia's nurse

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Maxim Paster

Maxim Paster

Role(s): Prince Vasiliy Ivanovich Shuysky

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