Movielogr
Thunderstorm (1934)
Directed by Vladimir Petrov
Overview
The cinematic adaptation of “The Storm” play by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. In a provincial town on the Volga River, the young and sensitive Katerina marries Tikhon, a violent drunkard, and thus enters the crude milieu of greedy salesmen, the “dark kingdom”. Her mother-in-law, Kabanikha, rules the family with an iron fist and endlessly harasses Katerina. One day, when Tikhon is away, she meets Boris, a man who embodies everything Katerina is longing for.
Length 85 minutes
Actors
Alla Tarasova | Ivan Chuvelyov | Mikhail Tsaryov | Varvara Massalitinova | Irina Zarubina | Mikhail Zharov | Yekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya | Mikhail Tarkhanov