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Boris Godunov (1986)
Directed by Sergey Bondarchuk
Overview
Praised for its fine photography and production design if not its narrative, Sergei Bondarchuk directed this adaptation of the tale by Alexander Pushkin. Boris Godunov came to the Czarist throne at the end of the 16th century, after the original heir to Ivan the Terrible had died. At first, things went well for Godunov (played by Bondarchuk), but when the Russian people began to believe he had killed Ivan the Terrible’s son in order to gain the throne, an alliance sprang up against the new Czar. Events continued to spin out of control as a young monk was presented as the son Godunov had supposedly killed. Now he was openly accused of failing an assassination attempt, which seems to be even worse than succeeding. In addition to these woes, Boris Godunov began to suffer serious health problems. So much for the joys of kingship.
Length 130 minutes
Actors
Sergey Bondarchuk | Alena Bondarchuk | Georgi Burkov | Irina Skobtseva | Valeriy Storozhik | Boris Khimichev | Yuriy Sherstnyov | Vladimir Ferapontov | Ivan Lapikov | Anatoli Romashin | Anatoli Vasilyev | Evgeniy Samoylov | Roman Filippov | Fyodor Bondarchuk | Vasili Funtikov | Alexandr Tolubaev | Viktor Yakovlev | Kira Golovko | Gennadi Mitrofanov | Yuri Lazarev | Vladimir Sedov | Vadim Aleksandrov | Ludmila Korshakova | Khenek Makhalitsa | Olgerd Lukashevich | Marian Dziędziel | Vladimir Novikov | Oleg Mikhajlov | Aleksandr Titorenko | Norbert Kuchinke | Viktor Smirnov | Yura Matyukhin | Valeriy Sheptekita | Galina Domina | Nikolay Yerofeyev | Aleksandr Sayko | Władysław Komar | Volodya Latnik | Aleksandr Solovyov | Adrianna Biedrzyńska | Vyacheslav Butenko | Olegar Fedoro | Mikhail Dranovskiy | Aleksandr Kuritsyn | Vladislav Bush | Viktor Tsymbal