Gennadi KAZANSKY
Геннадий КАЗАНСКИЙ
Guennadi KAZANSKI
Grigori ROSHAL
Григорий РОШАЛЬ
Grigori ROCHAL
1952, 114mn 
Colour, fiction
Rimsky-Korsakov
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Римский-Корсаков

 

 Rimski-Korsakov

 Rimskiy-Korsakov

 
Directed by : Gennadi KAZANSKY (Геннадий КАЗАНСКИЙ), Grigori ROSHAL (Григорий РОШАЛЬ)
Writing credits : Grigori ROSHAL (Григорий РОШАЛЬ)
 
Cast
Aleksandr BORISOV (Александр БОРИСОВ) ...Rimski-Korsakov
Nikolay CHERKASOV (Николай ЧЕРКАСОВ) ...Stasov
 
Production : Lenfilm
 

Plot synopsis
Petersburg. Late 19th century. Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is in the prime of his creative ability. His new opera “Sadko”, turned down by the Imperial Theatre, is being staged by a private opera house owned by the renown patron of arts Savva Mamontov. The audience is greatly impressed by “Sadko”.
“Sadko” is followed by the composer's masterpieces: “Mozart and Salieri”, “The Tsar's Bride”, “The Fairy Tale of Saltan the Tsar”, the fairy tale opera titled “The Golden Cockerel”.
Source : www.lenfilm.ru
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Venice International Film Festival, Venice (Italy), 1953