Boris Godunov (1954 film)

Boris Godunov
Film poster
Directed by	Vera Stroyeva
Produced by	Mosfilm
Written by	Alexander Pushkin (play) Nikolai Golovanov Vera Stroyeva
Starring	Alexander Pirogov
Cinematography	Vladimir Nikolayev Sergei Poluyanov
Edited by	Yekaterina Ovsyannikova
Release dates	1954 (1954)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Boris Godunov (Russian: Борис Годунов) is a 1954 Soviet drama film directed by Vera Stroyeva, based on the opera of the same name by Modest Mussorgsky. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

• Alexander Pirogov as Boris Godunov
• Nikandr Khanayev as Prince Vasili Shinsky
• Georgi Nelepp as Grigori, the False Dmitri (as G. Nellep)
• Maxim Mikhailov as Pimen, a monk
• Ivan Kozlovsky as The Fool
• Aleksej Krivchenya as Varlaam (as A. Krivchenya)
• Venyamin Shevtsov as Misala, a monk (as V. Shevtsov)
• A. Turchina as Innkeeper's wife
• Larisa Avdeyeva as Marina

External links

• Boris Godunov at IMDb