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Boris Godounov

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Original title

Boris Godounov

Year

1989

Running time

115 min.

Country

France

Director

Andrzej Zulawski

Screenwriter

Andrzej Zulawski. Play: Alexander Pushkin. Libretto: Modest Mussorgsky

Cast

Music

Modest Mussorgsky

Cinematography

Pierre-Laurent Chénieux, Andrzej Jaroszewicz

Producer

Co-production France-Spain-Yugoslavia;

Avala Film, Blue Dahlia Production, Compañía Iberoamericana de TV, Erato Films, Gemka Productions, La Sept, SGGC, Gaumont

Genre

Drama. Musical

Synopsis

The film is based on the musical recording of the famous opera by Modest Mussorgsky about the tragic events surrounding the ruling of the Russian tsar Boris in the early 17th century. The recording was actually made two years before the filming with the participation of the Washington Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich) and several opera stars (the part of Marina is sung by Galina Vishnevskaya). Zulawski made the film just as we would be watching the theatrical performance. Then we are going through the sets and, finally, we notice the film crew. The director deliberately filled the picture with a plenty of anachronisms making the implications on the Soviet history and the other dictatorships of the 20th century.

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Boris Godounov

1989

Andrzej Zulawski