Boris Godunov ; an opera / Mosfilʹm Studios production ; by Modest Mussorgsky ; [script, Nikolai Golovanov] ; directed by Vera Stroeva ; ballet director, Leonid Lavrovsky.
Video release of the 1954 film of the Bolshoi Theatre production. Libretto by composer, based on Pushkin's Boris Godunov and Karamzin's History of the Russian Empire. Aleksandr Pirogov (Boris Godunov) ; N. Khanaev (Prince Shuisky) ; G. Nellep (Grigori) ; M. Mikhailov (Father Pimen) ; I. Koslovsky (Simpleton) ; A. Krivchenya (Varlaam) ; L. Avdeyeva (Marina) ; Choir, Orchestra and Ballet of the Bolshoi Theatre ; V. Nebolʹsin, conductor. Picture format 4:3.
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