Thunderstorm

Thunderstorm

85 mins | Drama | March 25, 1934

The cinematic adaptation of "The Storm" play by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. In a provincial town on the Volga River, the young and sensitive Katerina marries Tikhon, a violent drunkard, and thus enters the crude milieu of greedy salesmen, the "dark kingdom". Her mother-in-law, Kabanikha, rules the family with an iron fist and endlessly harasses Katerina. One day, when Tikhon is away, she meets Boris, a man who embodies everything Katerina is longing for.

Thunderstorm

85 mins | Drama | March 25, 1934

Thunderstorm
The cinematic adaptation of "The Storm" play by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. In a provincial town on the Volga River, the young and sensitive Katerina marries Tikhon, a violent drunkard, and thus enters the crude milieu of greedy salesmen, the "dark kingdom". Her mother-in-law, Kabanikha, rules the family with an iron fist and endlessly harasses Katerina. One day, when Tikhon is away, she meets Boris, a man who embodies everything Katerina is longing for.
Producers Gosudarstvennoe Upravlenie Kinematografii i fotografii (GUKF)
Original title Гроза
Directors Vladimir Petrov
Writers Vladimir Petrov, Aleksandr Ostrovsky

Cast

Alla Tarasova

as Katerina Petrovna Kabanova

Ivan Chuvelyov

as Tikhon Kabanov, her husband

Mikhail Tsaryov

as Boris Grigoriyevich, her lover

Varvara Massalitinova

as Marfa Ignatovna Kabanova, her mother-in-law

Irina Zarubina

as Barbara Kabanova, her sister-in-law

Mikhail Zharov

as Koudryash (as M.I. Jaroff)

Mikhail Tarkhanov

as Saveli Prokofiyevich Dikoy