Production
Soviet opulence: thousands of extras, questionable wigs.
Direction
Tikhomirov treats every frame like a cathedral.
Director
Roman Tikhomirov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Borodin died before finishing the opera; Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov completed it, making this film adaptation of a patchwork masterpiece.
Shot during the Soviet cultural thaw, this was a prestige project meant to prove socialist realism could handle 'high art' — the tension between state mandate and artistic ambition practically leaks through every frame.
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