The action unfolds in our days, in the small Volga town of Kalinov, where nothing has changed since the days of Alexander Ostrovsky’s classical play: if any rays of light do appear in the dark empire, then they are doomed to perish quietly in the general absurdity and ignorance, or shine brightly as a token of protest against lie and tyranny. The young, married girl Katerina Kabanova leads a happy life — at first sight. Only her mother-in-law Kabanikha constantly nags her and does not allow her to take things easy. Her weak-willed husband Tikhon loves his wife, but he always sides with his powerful mother. When Katerina unexpectedly falls in love with Boris, the young relative of the town’s mayor, she finds that he also has tender feelings for her…
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Lyubov Aksyonova
Katerina Kabanova
Viktoriya Tolstoganova
Kabanikha
Ivan Makarevich
Kuligin
Mariya Shalaeva
Feklusha
Alisa Khazanova
lady
Aleksey Makarov
Savel Prokofich Dikoy
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Curly
Sergey Gorodnichy
Boris
Vasiliy Butkevich
Nikita Elenev
Stasya Tolstaya
Glasha
Darya Kashirina
Varvara
Andrey Garkunov
Wild's assistant
Dmitry Konduktorov
Wild's assistant
Denis Molodkin
cameraman
Grigory Konstantinopolsky
Director
Grigory Konstantinopolsky
Screenplay
Alexander Ostrovsky
Novel
Vladislava Fetisova
Executive Producer
Valeriy Fedorovich
Producer
Evgeniy Nikishov
Producer
Aleksandr Plotnikov
Producer
Anatoly Simchenko
Director of Photography
Ivan Makarevich
Original Music Composer
Grigory Konstantinopolsky
Original Music Composer
Anna Matskova
Editor
Natalya Turovnikova
Costume Design
Dmitry Ivlev
Costume Design
