Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

100 mins | Drama, Music | Jan. 1, 1992

A young woman, married to a wealthy man, but miserably lonely; trapped within a world ruled with an iron fist. Katerina is driven by a lust for life and for love. Her husband, though, is impotent; her father-in-law a tyrant. No wonder, then, that she longs to free herself from this yoke. When Sergei starts work on the family estate, she sees in him a chance for salvation. However, their subsequent affair marks the beginning of a descent into crime.

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

100 mins | Drama, Music | Jan. 1, 1992

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
A young woman, married to a wealthy man, but miserably lonely; trapped within a world ruled with an iron fist. Katerina is driven by a lust for life and for love. Her husband, though, is impotent; her father-in-law a tyrant. No wonder, then, that she longs to free herself from this yoke. When Sergei starts work on the family estate, she sees in him a chance for salvation. However, their subsequent affair marks the beginning of a descent into crime.
Producers ARTE, Zweite Medienfonds German Filmproductions, Krátký film Praha, TV 2000
Original title Lady Macbeth von Mzensk
Directors Dušan Vodák, Petr Weigl, Tomáš Zelenka
Writers Alexander Preis, Petr Weigl, Nikolai Leskov, Dmitri Shostakovich

Cast

Markéta Hrubešová

as Kateřina

Galina Vishnevskaya

as Kateřina (singing voice)

Michal Dlouhý

as Sergei

Nicolai Gedda

as Sergei (singing voice)

Petr Haničinec

as Boris

Dimiter Petkov

as Boris (singing voice)

Václav Neckář

as Sinowi

Werner Krenn

as Sinowi (singing voice)

Eva Šlosárová

as Axinija

Taru Valjakka

as Axinija (singing voice)