Khovanshchina

Khovanshchina is a 1959 Soviet film, released the following year, 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. Cast Aleksei Krivchenya as Prince Ivan Khovansky, head of the Streltsy Anton Grigoriev as Prince Andrei Khovansky, son of Ivan Khovansky Yevgeny Kibkalo as Boyar Fyodor Shaklovity Mark Reizen as Dosifey, leader of the Old Believers Kira Leonova as Marfa, an Old Believer Vladimir Petrov as Prince Vasily Golitsin Aleksei Maslennikov as Kuzka, a young strelets Maya Plisetskaya as Persian slave References External links