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Boris Godunov 1986

type: Movie

language: German

duration: 141 min

genre: drama

director: Fyodor Bondarchuk

Score: 3 / 10

Boris Godunov is a 1986 drama film directed by and starring Sergei Bondarchuk. It is an adaptation of the 1825 play Boris Godunov, written by Alexander Pushkin. The picture was co-produced by the Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and West Germany. It was entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot

The action takes place in Russia and Poland as the 16th century ends and the 17th century begins. The reign of Boris Godunov is depicted, his son Feodor, and the coming to power of False Dmitry I. After the death of the feeble-minded Tsar Fedor Ivanovich, son of Ivan the Terrible, Boris Godunov takes the throne, by the decision of the Zemsky Sobor, with the help of intrigues, alliances and the arrangement of his sister Irina's marriage to Tsarevich Feodor, gains great influence and power in the court.

Awards

Nika award for the best work of the artist Costume

Cast

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author	Sergei Bondarchuk
award	Nika award for the best work of the artist Costume
contentLocation	Tsardom of Russia
director	Fyodor Bondarchuk Sergei Bondarchuk
editor	Lyudmila Sviridenko
genre	drama historical
keywords	16th century 17th century boris godunov church dmitry of uglich false dmitry i feodor feodor i of russia feodor ii of russia irina godunova irina's ivan the terrible jerzy mniszech marina marina mniszech mniszech sandomierz tsar fedor ivanovich vasili iv of russia vasily shuiski voivode who officially died in uglich in 1591 zemsky sobor
musicBy	Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
productionCompany	Barrandov Studios Mosfilm
recordedAt	Czech Republic