Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (film)
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| Directed by | Roman Balayan |
| Written by | Roman Balayan Pavel Finn |
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| Cinematography | Pavel Lebeshev |
| Music by | Evsey Evseyev |
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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.[1]
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
References
- ^ "Энциклопедия кино — ЛЕДИ МАКБЕТ МЦЕНСКОГО УЕЗДА". dic.academic.ru.