Mussorgsky (1950)
"Musorgskiy" (original title)

Saint Petersburg, 1858. A group of composers known as The Five meet at Balakirev's. Young Modest Mussorgsky, both a civil servant and a musician, has become a fixture there. He tells about ... See full summary »

Director:

Grigori Roshal

Writers:

Anna Abramova, Grigori Roshal

Stars:

Aleksandr Borisov, Nikolai Cherkasov, Vladimir Balashov

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Aleksandr Borisov	...	Modest Petrovich Moussorgsky
Nikolai Cherkasov	...	Stasov, the critic
Vladimir Balashov	...	Mili A. Balakirev
Yuri Leonidov	...	Alexander Borodin
Andrei Popov	...	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Bruno Frejndlikh	...	Cesar Cui
Fyodor Nikitin	...	Alexander Dargomyzhky
Lyubov Orlova	...	Tatanya Platonova
Lidiya Shtykan	...	Aleksandra
Valentina Ushakova	...	Nadeshda
Lidiya Sukharevskaya
Ivan Dmitriyev
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Konstantin Adashevsky
V. Bezzubenko
Lev Fenin

Storyline

Saint Petersburg, 1858. A group of composers known as The Five meet at Balakirev's. Young Modest Mussorgsky, both a civil servant and a musician, has become a fixture there. He tells about the first opera he plans to compose. Then he goes to the country where he discovers the lowly conditions of the peasants and the bloody conflicts with the rich land owners. He works on Gogol's 'The Marriage', trying to render into music the natural accents of the play's naturalistic dialogue. But his efforts do not pan out. On the other hand, he starts writing his opera on the story of Boris Godunov. The Marinsky Theatre refuses to stage the work. The Five, and Mussorgsky among them, are libeled and the group starts disintegrating. When 'Boris Godunov' is finally performed in 1874, it is a popular success

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Genres:

Biography | Drama

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

18 August 1951 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mussorgsky

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lenfilm Studio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Magicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

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