Katerina Izmailova (1966)

Katerina Izmailova is a filmization of Dmitry Shostakovich's long-suppressed 1936 opera. Galina Vishnevskaya stars as Katerina, a bored 19th century farm wife. At the behest of her grungy lover, Katerina murders her husband and her father-in-law. She and her new beau are both sent to Siberia, where the lover almost immediately takes up with a younger woman. Banned by Stalin for its bleak portrait of Soviet life, Katerina Izmailova was not given a Russian staging for over 40 years; its Metropolitan Opera debut did not occur until 1994. Dmitri Shostakovich also wrote the screenplay for the screen version of Katerina Izmailova.

Released Nov. 19, 1966 118 min None+

Genres: Drama, Music

Keywords: tmdb.murder, tmdb.betrayal, imdb.character-name-in-title, imdb.russia, imdb.opera, imdb.murder, imdb.poison + 3 more, imdb.siberia, imdb.husband, aspectratio.2-20-1