Prince Igor (1969 film)

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Directed byRoman Tikhomirov
Based onPrince Igor
StarringBoris Khmelnitsky
Nellie Pshyonnaya
Boris Tokarev
Bimbolat Vatayev
Alexander Slastin
Prince Igor
Directed byRoman Tikhomirov
Screenplay byIsaac Glikman
Roman Tikhomirov
Based onPrince Igor
StarringBoris Khmelnitsky
Nellie Pshyonnaya
Boris Tokarev
Bimbolat Vatayev
Alexander Slastin
CinematographyAlexander Chirov
Music byAlexander Borodin
Production
company
Release date
  • 1969 (1969)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryUSSR
LanguageRussian

Prince Igor (Russian: Князь Игорь, romanized: Knyaz Igor is a screen version of the eponymous opera by Alexander Borodin based on the epic poem "The Lay of Igor's Host". The film was directed by Roman Tikhomirov, and shot at the Lenfilm Studios in 1969.[1]

The film, which is set in the 12th century, follows Prince Igor's campaign against the Polovtsians.

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