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Boris Godunov (1990) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1990 · 221 mins · Russian
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- Directed by
- Humphrey Burton
- Starring
- Olga Borodina, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Robert Lloyd, Sergei Leiferkus, Alexei Steblianko
Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1990 Kirov Opera production of Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov stars Robert Lloyd as Boris. Boris seizes the throne by murdering heir Dmitry. Monk Pimen, who witnessed it, urges his apprentice Grigory to avenge Dmitry; Grigory pretends to be the prince and raises an army. Filmed during the Soviet collapse, staging marks a moment.
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