Khovanshchina (film)

For the opera, see Khovanshchina.

Khovanshchina (Russian: Хованщина) is a 1959 Soviet musical drama film, 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.

Khovanshchina Хованщина
Directed by	Vera Stroyeva
Written by	Anna Abramova Dmitri Shostakovich
Starring	Aleksei Krivchenya Anton Grigoriev Yevgeny Kibkalo Mark Reizen
Cinematography	V.V. Dombrovsky
Music by	Modest Mussorgsky (Adapted by Dmitri Shostakovich)
Production company	Mosfilm
Distributed by	Artkino Pictures (United States)
Release date	1960 (1960)
Running time	124 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

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^[1]