Boris Godunov

The story

Praised for its fine photography and production design if not its narrative, Sergei Bondarchuk directed this adaptation of the tale by Alexander Pushkin. Boris Godunov came to the Czarist throne at the end of the 16th century, after the original heir to Ivan the Terrible had died. At first, things went well for Godunov (played by Bondarchuk), but when the Russian people began to believe he had killed Ivan the Terrible's son in order to gain the throne, an alliance sprang up against the new Czar. Events continued to spin out of control as a young monk was presented as the son Godunov had supposedly killed. Now he was openly accused of failing an assassination attempt, which seems to be even worse than succeeding. In addition to these woes, Boris Godunov began to suffer serious health problems. So much for the joys of kingship.

Cast

S Sergei BondarchukBoris Godunov A Alyona BondarchukTsarevna Kseniya G Georgi BurkovVarlaam I Irina SkobtsevaKhozyaika Korchmi V Valeriy StorozhikKurbski B Boris KhimichevMosalski Y Yuriy SherstnyovKarela V Vladimir FerapontovKhrushchov I Ivan LapikovStarik A Anatoliy RomashinVasili Shuisky A Anatoli VasilyevPetr Basmanov E Evgeniy SamoylovPimen

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R Roman FilippovPatriarch F Fyodor BondarchukTsarevitch Fyodor V Vasili Funtikovgorozhanin na kryshe sobora A Alexandr Tolubaev K Kira GolovkoMamka Kseni G Gennadi MitrofanovYurodivi Y Yuri LazarevGavrila Pushkin V Vladimir SedovAfanasi Pushkin V Vadim AleksandrovMisael L Lyudmila KorshakovaTsaritsa Mariya K Khenek MakhalitsaYuri Mnishek O Olgerd LukashevichNikolai Chernikovski M Marian DziędzielAdam Vishnyevetski V Vladimir NovikovSemyon Godunov O Oleg MikhajlovFyodor Mstislavski A Aleksandr TitorenkoMarzheret N Norbert KuchinkeWalter Rosen V Viktor SmirnovRozhnov Y Yura MatyukhinTsarevitch Dimitri V Valeriy SheptekitaFather Superior of Chudov Monastery G Galina DyominaOld Woman N Nikolay YerofeyevFirst policeman A Aleksandr SaykoSecond policeman W Władysław KomarSobansky V Volodya LatnikBoy in Shuisky's house A Aleksandr SolovyovGrigori Otrepyev A Adrianna BiedrzyńskaMarina Mnishek V Vyacheslav ButenkoIvan Vorotynski O Olegar FedoroPolish horseman M Mikhail DranovskiyBoyarin A Aleksandr Kuritsyn V Vladislav BushThe Boyar V Viktor TsymbalBoyarin В Виктор ЯковлевВасилий Щелкалов V Valentin Smirnov