Boris Godunov
1986Praised for its fine photography and production design if not its narrative, Sergei Bondarchuk directed this adaptation of the tale by Alexander Pushkin. Boris Godunov came to the Czarist throne at the end of the 16th century, after the original heir to Ivan the Terrible had died. At first, things went well for Godunov (played by Bondarchuk), but when the Russian people began to believe he had killed Ivan the Terrible's son in order to gain the throne, an alliance sprang up against the new Czar. Events continued to spin out of control as a young monk was presented as the son Godunov had supposedly killed. Now he was openly accused of failing an assassination attempt, which seems to be even worse than succeeding. In addition to these woes, Boris Godunov began to suffer serious health problems. So much for the joys of kingship.
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Sergey Bondarchuk
as Boris Godunov
Alena Bondarchuk
as Tsarevna Kseniya
Georgi Burkov
as Varlaam
Irina Skobtseva
as Khozyaika Korchmi
Valeriy Storozhik
as Kurbski
Boris Khimichev
as Mosalski
Yuriy Sherstnyov
as Karela
Vladimir Ferapontov
as Khrushchov
Ivan Lapikov
as Starik
Anatoliy Romashin
as Vasili Shuisky
Anatoli Vasilyev
as Petr Basmanov
Evgeniy Samoylov
as Pimen
Roman Filippov
as Patriarch
Fyodor Bondarchuk
as Tsarevitch Fyodor
Vasili Funtikov
as gorozhanin na kryshe sobora
Alexandr Tolubaev
Viktor Yakovlev
as Vasily Shchelkanov
Kira Golovko
as Mamka Kseni
Gennadi Mitrofanov
as Yurodivi
Yuri Lazarev
as Gavrila Pushkin
Vladimir Sedov
as Afanasi Pushkin
Vadim Aleksandrov
as Misael
Lyudmila Korshakova
as Tsaritsa Mariya
Khenek Makhalitsa
as Yuri Mnishek
Olgerd Lukashevich
as Nikolai Chernikovski
Marian Dziędziel
as Adam Vishnyevetski
Vladimir Novikov
as Semyon Godunov
Oleg Mikhajlov
as Fyodor Mstislavski
Aleksandr Titorenko
as Marzheret
Norbert Kuchinke
as Walter Rosen
Viktor Smirnov
as Rozhnov
Yura Matyukhin
as Tsarevitch Dimitri
Valeriy Sheptekita
as Father Superior of Chudov Monastery
Galina Dyomina
as Old Woman
Nikolay Yerofeyev
as First policeman
Aleksandr Sayko
as Second policeman
Władysław Komar
as Sobansky
Volodya Latnik
as Boy in Shuisky's house
Aleksandr Solovyov
as Grigori Otrepyev
Adrianna Biedrzyńska
as Marina Mnishek
Vyacheslav Butenko
as Ivan Vorotynski
Olegar Fedoro
as Polish horseman
Mikhail Dranovskiy
as Boyarin
Aleksandr Kuritsyn
Vladislav Bush
as The Boyar
Viktor Tsymbal
as Boyarin
