Khovanshchina (film)

Khovanshchina (Хованщина) is a 1959 Soviet musical drama film, released the following year, directed by Vera Stroyeva and based on the eponymous opera by 19th-century Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. For his adaptation of Mussorgsky's score, Dmitri Shostakovich was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. The music was conducted by Yevgeny Svetlanov.

Cast

 * Aleksei Krivchenya as Prince Ivan Khovansky, head of the Streltsy
 * Anton Grigoriev as Prince Andrei Khovansky, son of Ivan Khovansky
 * Yevgeny Kibkalo as Boyar Fyodor Shaklovity
 * Mark Reizen as Dosifey, leader of the Old Believers
 * Kira Leonova as Marfa, an Old Believer
 * Vladimir Petrov as Prince Vasily Golitsin
 * Aleksei Maslennikov as Kuzka, a young strelets
 * Maya Plisetskaya as Persian slave