Boris Godunov (1986 film)
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| Directed by | Sergei Bondarchuk |
| Written by | Sergei Bondarchuk Alexander Pushkin |
| Starring | Sergei Bondarchuk Alyona Bondarchuk |
| Music by | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov |
| Cinematography | Vadim Yusov |
| Edited by | Lyudmila Sviridenko |
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141 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, West Germany |
| Language | Russian, French |
Boris Godunov (Russian: Борис Годунов) is a 1986 drama film directed by and starring Sergei Bondarchuk. It is an adaptation of the Boris Godunov play written by Alexander Pushkin. The picture was co-produced by Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, West Germany. It was entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.
The action takes place in Russia and Poland as the XVI century ends and the XVII century begins. The reign of Boris Godunov is depicted, his son Feodor and the coming to power of False Dmitry I. After the death of the feeble-minded Tsar Fedor Ivanovich, by the decision of the Zemsky Sobor, Boris Godunov takes the throne, which is still under Ivan the Terrible with the help of intrigues, alliances and the arrangement of his sister Irina's marriage to Tsarevich Feodor, gains great influence and power in the court.
But suddenly there is a new contender for the throne – a man posing as Dmitri, the younger son of Ivan the Terrible who officially died in Uglich in 1591. The pretender shows up in Poland and after he receives the support of Prince Vishnevetzky, Sandomierz voivode Mniszech and his daughter, the beautiful Marina returns to Russia. Despite the fact that the church and Vasily Shuiski who investigated the circumstances of the death of Dmitry of Uglich deny the authenticity of the prince, he on his way to Moscow is becoming increasingly popular among the people and is setting up to be a real threat to King Boris. Who is he really – a daring adventurer, a true prince, or a ghost who has materialized to avenge for a long-forgotten crime?
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