Boris Godunov (1989 film)

Boris Godunov
Official poster
Directed by	Andrzej Zulawski
Produced by	Daniel Toscan du Plantier Claude Abeille
Written by	Modest Mussorgsky Andrzej Zulawski
Starring	Ruggero Raimondi Kenneth Riegel Pavel Slaby Delphine Forest
Music by	Modest Mussorgsky
Cinematography	Andrzej Jaroszewicz Pierre-Laurent Chénieux
Edited by	Marie-Sophie Dubus (II)
Distributed by	France: UGC Netherlands: NFM/IAF Erato Records (soundtrack album)
Release dates	1 January 1989
Running time	117 minutes
Country	France Spain Yugoslavia
Language	Russian

Boris Godounov (aka Boris Godunov) is a 1989 film based on the opera of the same name by Modest Mussorgsky, but also the play of Alexander Pushkin.

The film features the original 1872 Mussorgsky's score, although with significant cuts.

Synopsis

Chamberlain of Ivan the Terrible, Boris Godounov is after the Tsar's death regent of Feodor I, before becoming the Tsar of Russia himself.

Films directed by Andrzej Żuławski

The Third Part of the Night The Devil That Most Important Thing: Love Possession The Public Woman L'amour braque On the Silver Globe My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days Boris Godunov Szamanka Fidelity Cosmos

Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin (1825)

Characters	Boris Godunov Feodor II of Russia Tsarevna Xenia Borisovna of Russia Vasili IV False Dmitriy I Patriarch Job of Moscow Kurbsky Jerzy Mniszech Marina Mniszech

Films	Boris Godunov (1954) Boris Godunov (1986) Boris Godunov (1989)

Operas	Boris Godunov (1872 opera) Opera discography

Modest Mussorgsky

Operas	Salammbô (1866) Zhenitba (1868) Boris Godunov (1872) Mlada (1872) Khovanshchina (1880) The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1880)

Film adaptations	Boris Godunov (1954 film) Boris Godunov (1989 film) Khovanshchina (film)

Orchestral works	Night on Bald Mountain (1867, revised 1872 and 1880)

Piano music	Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)

Orchestrations and arrangements	Pictures at an Exhibition (Stokowski orchestration) (1939)

Vocal music	The Destruction of Sennacherib (1867) The Nursery (1872) Sunless (1874) Songs and Dances of Death (1877) "Night" (1864)

Family	Mussorgsky family

Named for Mussorgsky	1059 Mussorgskia Mussorgskij (crater)

Cultural depictions	Mussorgsky (1950 film)

Related articles	Russian opera

List of compositions

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