Plot
Praised 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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Cast
Sergey Bondarchuk
Boris Godunov
Alena Bondarchuk
Tsarevna Kseniya
Georgi Burkov
Varlaam
Irina Skobtseva
Khozyaika Korchmi
Valeriy Storozhik
Kurbski
Boris Khimichev
Mosalski
Yuriy Sherstnyov
Karela
Vladimir Ferapontov
Khrushchov
Ivan Lapikov
Starik
Anatoliy Romashin
Vasili Shuisky
Anatoli Vasilyev
Petr Basmanov
Evgeniy Samoylov
Pimen
Roman Filippov
Patriarch
Fyodor Bondarchuk
Tsarevitch Fyodor
Vasili Funtikov
gorozhanin na kryshe sobora
Alexandr Tolubaev
Viktor Yakovlev
Vasily Shchelkanov
Kira Golovko
Mamka Kseni
Gennadi Mitrofanov
Yurodivi
Yuri Lazarev
Gavrila Pushkin
Vladimir Sedov
Afanasi Pushkin
Vadim Aleksandrov
Misael
Lyudmila Korshakova
Tsaritsa Mariya
Khenek Makhalitsa
Yuri Mnishek
Olgerd Lukashevich
Nikolai Chernikovski
Marian Dziędziel
Adam Vishnyevetski
Vladimir Novikov
Semyon Godunov
Oleg Mikhajlov
Fyodor Mstislavski
Aleksandr Titorenko
Marzheret
Norbert Kuchinke
Walter Rosen
Viktor Smirnov
Rozhnov
Yura Matyukhin
Tsarevitch Dimitri
Valeriy Sheptekita
Father Superior of Chudov Monastery
Galina Dyomina
Old Woman
Nikolay Yerofeyev
First policeman
Aleksandr Sayko
Second policeman
Władysław Komar
Sobansky
Volodya Latnik
Boy in Shuisky's house
Aleksandr Solovyov
Grigori Otrepyev
Adrianna Biedrzyńska
Marina Mnishek
Vyacheslav Butenko
Ivan Vorotynski
Olegar Fedoro
Polish horseman
Mikhail Dranovskiy
Boyarin
Aleksandr Kuritsyn
Vladislav Bush
The Boyar
Viktor Tsymbal
Boyarin
