Boris Godunov (1989)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Boris Godunov |
| Original title | Boris Godunov |
| Country of production | France , Spain , Yugoslavia |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 115 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Andrzej Żuławski |
| script | Andrzej Żuławski, Alexander Pushkin , Modest Mussorgsky |
| production | Claude Abeille |
| music | Modest Mussorgsky |
| camera | Pierre-Laurent Chénieux , Andrzej Jaroszewicz |
| cut | Marie-Sophie Dubus |
| occupation | |
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Boris Godunow is the 1989 film adaptation of the opera of the same name from 1872 by the director Andrzej Żuławski . The film contains the music by Modest Mussorgsky in a shortened version.
action
Following the story arc of the opera, which in turn is based on the drama Boris Godunow by Pushkin , the film tells the life story of the Russian regent Boris Godunow (1552–1605).
background
Based on Mussorgski's opera, the material was filmed in 1954 by Wera Strojewa , in 1986 by Sergei Bondarchuk and in 1987 by Oleg Kostyuschenko in the Soviet Union .
Żuławski's work premiered in French cinemas on December 20, 1989. In Germany the film first appeared in January 2016 for DVD ( subtitles ).
reception
David Cairns rated the 2016 opera adaptation on MUBI as “both more theater and more film than you can imagine when you look at the work” (“more theatrical and more cinematic than anything one can conceive of while watching it”).
literature
- Lesław Czapliński. Borys Godunov. "Kino", p. 39, 1/1991.
Web links
- Boris Godunow in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ^ David Cairns: The Forgotten: Andrzej Żuławski's "Boris Godunov" (1989) mubi.com, March 3, 2016