Khovanshchina (1959)
2h 53m
Running Time
November 14, 1959Release Date
Plot.
Modest Mussorgsky's final opera, left unfinished at the time of this death in March of 1881.
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Details.
Release DateNovember 14, 1959
Original NameХованщина
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 53m
Wiki.
Khovanshchina (Russian: Хованщина) is a 1959 Soviet film, released the following year, directed by Vera Stroyeva and based on the eponymous opera by 19th-century Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. For his adaptation of Mussorgsky's score, Dmitri Shostakovich was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. The music was conducted by Yevgeny Svetlanov.