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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Jan 1, 1992

1h 40m

★ 3.0

Overview

A young woman, married to a wealthy man, but miserably lonely; trapped within a world ruled with an iron fist. Katerina is driven by a lust for life and for love. Her husband, though, is impotent; her father-in-law a tyrant. No wonder, then, that she longs to free herself from this yoke. When Sergei starts work on the family estate, she sees in him a chance for salvation. However, their subsequent affair marks the beginning of a descent into crime.

Genres

Drama

Music

Production Companies

TV 2000

Krátký film Praha

Zweite Medienfonds German Filmproductions

ARTE

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Cast

Kateřina

Markéta Hrubešová

Kateřina (singing voice)

Galina Vishnevskaya

Sergei

Michal Dlouhý

Sergei (singing voice)

Nicolai Gedda

Boris

Petr Haničinec

Boris (singing voice)

Dimiter Petkov

Sinowi

Václav Neckář

Sinowi (singing voice)

Werner Krenn

Axinija

Eva Šlosárová

Axinija (singing voice)

Taru Valjakka

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