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Russian. Boris Godounov is a 1989 musical drama film written and directed by Andrzej Żuławski, based on the opera of the same name by Modest Mussorgsky and the 1825 play of the same name by Alexander Pushkin . The film features the 1872 version of Mussorgsky's score, although with significant cuts.
- 20 December 1989 (France)
Dec 20, 1989 · Boris Godounov: Directed by Andrzej Zulawski. With Ruggero Raimondi, Kenneth Riegel, Bernard Lefort, Paul Plishka. The film is based on the musical recording of the famous opera by Modest Mussorgsky about the tragic events surrounding the ruling of the Russian tsar Boris in the early 17th century.
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- Musical, Drama
- Andrzej Zulawski
- 1989-12-20
In Boris Godounov we even get an amazing showcase of set design, costumes and musical accompaniment. Boris Godounov may be Żuławski's most straight-forward film I know of so far (though that isn't saying much), but it is definitely also one of his most visually appealing and enjoyable ones.
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- Erato Films
- Andrzej Żuławski
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This is a highly adapted cinematic rendition of the great Russian opera Boris Godunov (1874), originally composed by Modest Mussorgsky (and later modified by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Dmitri Shostakovich and others). The opera is based on a play by the great Russian dramatist Alexander Pushkin.
The film is based on the musical recording of the famous opera by Modest Mussorgsky about the tragic events surrounding the ruling of the Russian tsar Boris in the early 17th century. The ...
