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Boris Godunov
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Boris Godunov

1986-05-01 · 130 min · ★ 5.8

History · Drama

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.

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Directors
Sergei Bondarchuk
Production companies
Mosfilm, Allianz Filmproduktion, Zepoli Filmove, Filmové studio Barrandov
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

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Sergei BondarchukSergei BondarchukBoris Godunov
Alyona BondarchukAlyona BondarchukTsarevna Kseniya
Georgi BurkovGeorgi BurkovVarlaam
Irina SkobtsevaIrina SkobtsevaKhozyaika Korchmi
Valeriy StorozhikValeriy StorozhikKurbski
Boris KhimichevBoris KhimichevMosalski
Yuriy SherstnyovYuriy SherstnyovKarela
Vladimir FerapontovVladimir FerapontovKhrushchov
Ivan LapikovIvan LapikovStarik
Anatoliy RomashinAnatoliy RomashinVasili Shuisky
Anatoli VasilyevAnatoli VasilyevPetr Basmanov
Evgeniy SamoylovEvgeniy SamoylovPimen
Roman FilippovRoman FilippovPatriarch
Fyodor BondarchukFyodor BondarchukTsarevitch Fyodor
Vasili FuntikovVasili Funtikovgorozhanin na kryshe sobora
Alexandr TolubaevAlexandr Tolubaev
Kira GolovkoKira GolovkoMamka Kseni
Gennadi MitrofanovYurodivi
Yuri LazarevYuri LazarevGavrila Pushkin
Vladimir SedovAfanasi Pushkin

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