Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District

Overview

Katerina Izmailova, a beautiful and uneducated merchant's wife, feels lonely and bored somewhere in the Russian provinces while her older husband is often away. Years go by in her childless marriage, without an outlet for her youthful energy, resulting in constant idleness and frustration. Along comes Sergei, an unscrupulous young worker who is happy to improve his lot by seducing Katerina as he has done with others before. Katerina falls for Sergei, and this love quickly becomes her only reason for living, turning to destructive passion and ultimately to tragedy for many.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 30, 1989

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Switzerland, Soviet Union

Cast

Natalya Andreychenko,Aleksandr Abdulov,Nikolai Pastukhov,Tatyana Kravchenko,Yelena Kolchugina,Oleg Ilyukhin,Nataliya Potapova,Lyubov Rudneva,Mikhail Bychkov,Rafik Sabirovand 1 more

Director

Roman Balayan

Writer

Roman Balayan,Pavel Finn,Nikolai Leskov

Cinematography

Pavel Lebeshev

Music

Evsej Evseev

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0097724