

130 minutes
5/1/1986
Praised for its fine photography and production design if not its narrative, Sergei Bondarchuk directed this adaptation of the tale by Alexander Pushkin. Boris Godunov came to the Czarist throne at the end of the 16th century, after the original heir to Ivan the Terrible had died. At first, things went well for Godunov (played by Bondarchuk), but when the Russian people began to believe he had killed Ivan the Terrible's son in order to gain the throne, an alliance sprang up against the new Czar. Events continued to spin out of control as a young monk was presented as the son Godunov had supposedly killed. Now he was openly accused of failing an assassination attempt, which seems to be even worse than succeeding. In addition to these woes, Boris Godunov began to suffer serious health problems. So much for the joys of kingship.

Sergey Bondarchuk
as Boris Godunov

Alyona Bondarchuk
as Tsarevna Kseniya

Georgi Burkov
as Varlaam

Irina Skobtseva
as Khozyaika Korchmi

Valeriy Storozhik
as Kurbski

Boris Khimichev
as Mosalski

Yuriy Sherstnyov
as Karela

Vladimir Ferapontov
as Khrushchov

Ivan Lapikov
as Starik

Anatoliy Romashin
as Vasili Shuisky

Anatoli Vasilyev
as Petr Basmanov

Evgeniy Samoylov
as Pimen

Roman Filippov
as Patriarch

Fyodor Bondarchuk
as Tsarevitch Fyodor

Vasili Funtikov
as gorozhanin na kryshe sobora

Alexandr Tolubaev

Viktor Yakovlev
as Vasily Shchelkanov

Kira Golovko
as Mamka Kseni
Gennadi Mitrofanov
as Yurodivi

Yuri Lazarev
as Gavrila Pushkin

Vladimir Sedov
as Afanasi Pushkin

Vadim Aleksandrov
as Misael

Lyudmila Korshakova
as Tsaritsa Mariya
Khenek Makhalitsa
as Yuri Mnishek
Olgerd Lukashevich
as Nikolai Chernikovski

Marian Dziędziel
as Adam Vishnyevetski

Vladimir Novikov
as Semyon Godunov
Oleg Mikhajlov
as Fyodor Mstislavski

Aleksandr Titorenko
as Marzheret
Norbert Kuchinke
as Walter Rosen

Viktor Smirnov
as Rozhnov
Yura Matyukhin
as Tsarevitch Dimitri

Valeriy Sheptekita
as Father Superior of Chudov Monastery

Galina Dyomina
as Old Woman

Nikolay Yerofeyev
as First policeman

Aleksandr Sayko
as Second policeman

Władysław Komar
as Sobansky
Volodya Latnik
as Boy in Shuisky's house

Aleksandr Solovyov
as Grigori Otrepyev

Adrianna Biedrzyńska
as Marina Mnishek

Vyacheslav Butenko
as Ivan Vorotynski

Olegar Fedoro
as Polish horseman
Mikhail Dranovskiy
as Boyarin
Aleksandr Kuritsyn

Vladislav Bush
as The Boyar
Viktor Tsymbal
as Boyarin