Film adaptation of the opera by D. Shostakovich; libretto and screenplay by the composer, after the novel, "Lady Macbeth of the Mtzensk district" by N. Leskov. Galina Vishnevskaya (Katerina) ; Artem Inozemtsev (Sergey-actor) ; V. Tretjak (Sergey-vocal) ; Nikolai Bojarsky (Zinovij-actor) ; V. Radznevsky (Zinovij-vocal) ; Alexander Sokolov (Boris-actor) ; A. Vedernikov (Boris-vocal) ; Roman Tkachuk (duty man-actor) ; A. Streznev (duty man-vocal) ; Tatyana Gavrilova (Sonetka-actor) ; V. Reka (Sonetka-vocal) ; Chorus and Orchestra of the Kiev Opera and Ballet Theatre ; Konstantin Simeonov, conductor. Originally released by Lenfilʹm as a motion picture in the Soviet Union in 1966. Picture format 2.35:1, anamorphic, NTSC. Booklet with program notes by Andrew Huth in English, French and German (27 pages : illustrations) inserted in container. Special features: Shostakovich chronology, excerpts from Cheryomushki, Shostakovich against Stalin.
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