The Storm

The Storm

97 mins | Drama | June 15, 2019

The action unfolds in our days, in the small Volga town of Kalinov, where nothing has changed since the days of Alexander Ostrovsky’s classical play: if any rays of light do appear in the dark empire, then they are doomed to perish quietly in the general absurdity and ignorance, or shine brightly as a token of protest against lie and tyranny. The young, married girl Katerina Kabanova leads a happy life — at first sight. Only her mother-in-law Kabanikha constantly nags her and does not allow her to take things easy. Her weak-willed husband Tikhon loves his wife, but he always sides with his powerful mother. When Katerina unexpectedly falls in love with Boris, the young relative of the town’s mayor, she finds that he also has tender feelings for her…

The Storm

97 mins | Drama | June 15, 2019

The Storm
The action unfolds in our days, in the small Volga town of Kalinov, where nothing has changed since the days of Alexander Ostrovsky’s classical play: if any rays of light do appear in the dark empire, then they are doomed to perish quietly in the general absurdity and ignorance, or shine brightly as a token of protest against lie and tyranny. The young, married girl Katerina Kabanova leads a happy life — at first sight. Only her mother-in-law Kabanikha constantly nags her and does not allow her to take things easy. Her weak-willed husband Tikhon loves his wife, but he always sides with his powerful mother. When Katerina unexpectedly falls in love with Boris, the young relative of the town’s mayor, she finds that he also has tender feelings for her…
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers Look-Film
Original title Гроза
Directors Grigory Konstantinopolsky
Writers Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Grigory Konstantinopolsky

Cast

Lyubov Aksyonova

as Katerina Kabanova

Viktoriya Tolstoganova

as Kabanikha

Ivan Makarevich

as Kuligin

Mariya Shalaeva

as Feklusha

Alisa Khazanova

as lady

Aleksey Makarov

as Savel Prokofich Dikoy

Anastasiya Venkova

as Glasha

Darya Kashirina

as Varvara

Andrey Garkunov

as Wild's assistant

Dmitry Konduktorov

as Wild's assistant

Denis Molodkin

as cameraman