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Khovanshchina is a 1959 Soviet film, released the following year, 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 Evgeny Svetlanov.
Original Release
11/14/1959
US Release
09/17/1960
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Aleksey Krivchenya | knyaz Ivan Khovanskiy |
| Anton Grigoryev | knyaz Andrey Khovanskiy |
| Aleksei Maslennikov | Kuzka |
| Daniel Bedrosyan | Strelets |
| Sergey Bekasov | Podachiy |
| Tikhon Chernyakov | klevret knyaziya Golitsyna |
| Yuriy Dementyev | boyarin Streshnev |
| Filipp Fokin | Varsonofyev |
| L. Gavrilyuk | Streletskaya zhena |
| Vladimir Gavryushov | Strelets |
Directors
Writers
Vera Stroyeva, Anna Abramova, Dmitri Shostakovich
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Aleksey Krivchenya | knyaz Ivan Khovanskiy |
| Anton Grigoryev | knyaz Andrey Khovanskiy |
| Aleksei Maslennikov | Kuzka |
| Daniel Bedrosyan | Strelets |
| Sergey Bekasov | Podachiy |
| Tikhon Chernyakov | klevret knyaziya Golitsyna |
| Yuriy Dementyev | boyarin Streshnev |
| Filipp Fokin | Varsonofyev |
| L. Gavrilyuk | Streletskaya zhena |
| Vladimir Gavryushov | Strelets |
| Fyodor Godovkin | Prishlyy chelovek |
| Yuriy Gorbunov | Strelets |
| Liliya Gritsenko | Susanna |
| V. Gromova | Emma |
| Ivan Ionov | Prishlyy chelovek |
| Ivan Khapov | Prishlyy chelovek |
| Evgeniy Kibkalo | boyarin Shaklovityy |
| Sergey Koltypin | Strelets |
| Leonid Ktitorov | Strelets |
| Kira Leonova | Marfa |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1962 | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture | Nominated |
