Khovanshchina (film)
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Directed byVera Stroyeva
Written byAnna Abramova
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
StarringAleksei Krivchenya
Anton Grigoriev
Yevgeny Kibkalo
Mark Reizen
Anton Grigoriev
Yevgeny Kibkalo
Mark Reizen
CinematographyV.V. Dombrovsky
| Khovanshchina Хованщина | |
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| Directed by | Vera Stroyeva |
| Written by | Anna Abramova Dmitri Shostakovich |
| Starring | Aleksei Krivchenya Anton Grigoriev Yevgeny Kibkalo Mark Reizen |
| Cinematography | V.V. Dombrovsky |
| Music by | Modest Mussorgsky (Adapted by Dmitri Shostakovich) |
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| Distributed by | Artkino Pictures (United States) |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Khovanshchina (Russian: Хованщина) is a 1959 Soviet musical drama film, directed by Vera Stroyeva and based on the eponymous opera by 19th-century Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. For his adaptation of Mussorgsky's score, Dmitri Shostakovich was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. The music was conducted by Yevgeny Svetlanov.
