Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (film)

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
Directed by	Roman Balayan
Written by	Roman Balayan Pavel Finn
Starring	Natalya Andrejchenko Aleksandr Abdulov Nikolai Pastukhov Tatyana Kravchenko
Cinematography	Pavel Lebeshev
Music by	Evsey Evseyev
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	1989 (1989)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (Russian: Леди Макбет Мценского уезда, romanized: Ledi Makbet Mtsentskogo uyezda) is a 1989 Soviet drama film directed by Roman Balayan, based on the eponymous novella by Nikolai Leskov.

Plot

Katerina Izmailova is a beautiful wife of a rich merchant who does not marry out of love. Katerina, who for days on end suffering from idleness, gets herself a young lover, Sergei. Soon their relationship progresses to the fact that they are forced to kill her husband Katerina, who discovers infidelity, and this is only the first step to their deadly unity.

Cast

• Natalya Andrejchenko - Katerina Izmailova
• Aleksandr Abdulov - Sergey
• Nikolai Pastukhov - Zinovy Borisovich
• Tatyana Kravchenko - Aksinya
• Oleg Ilyukhin - Fedya
• Elena Kolchugina - Sonnetka
• Natalia Potapova - Fiona

External links

• Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District at IMDb