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Thunderstorm

52% | Mar 25, 1934 | Drama

The cinematic adaptation of "The Storm" play by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. In a provincial town on the Volga River, the young and sensitive Katerina marries Tikhon, a violent drunkard, and thus enters the crude milieu of greedy salesmen, the "dark kingdom". Her mother-in-law, Kabanikha, rules the family with an iron fist and endlessly harasses Katerina. One day, when Tikhon is away, she meets Boris, a man who embodies everything Katerina is longing for.

Featured Crew

Vladimir Petrov
Director
Nikolai Suvorov
Art Direction

Cast

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Alla Tarasova
Katerina Petrovna Kabanova
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Ivan Chuvelyov
Tikhon Kabanov, her husband
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Mikhail Tsaryov
Boris Grigoriyevich, her lover
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Varvara Massalitinova
Marfa Ignatovna Kabanova, her mother-in-law
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Irina Zarubina
Barbara Kabanova, her sister-in-law

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