SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Siberian Lady Macbeth, The Fury is a Woman

Synopsis

An adaptation of the 19th-century Russian novelist Nikolai Leskov’s transposition of Macbeth to the Siberia of his time. Leskov’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, also served as inspiration for Shostakovitch’s opera of the same title, and much of this film is operatic, as well as being influenced by Kurosawa’s THRONE OF BLOOD.

Language

Polish

Country

Yugoslavia

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1961

Duration

92 mins

Availability

Hire

Credits

Director

Andrzej Wajda

Cinematographer

Aleksandar Sekulovic

Screenplay

Sveta Lukic

Music

Dusan Radic

Production Design

Miomir Denic

Costume

Mira Glisic

Cast

Olivera Markovic	Katerina Izmajlowa (Lady Macbeth)
Ljuba Tadic	Sergei
Miodrag Lazarevic	Zinovij Izmailow

Additional Details

Production type

Operas and Musicals

Plays

Macbeth

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Leskov, Nikolai; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Dialogue in Polish and Serbo-Croat.

Production Company

Name

Avala Film

Distributor

Name

BFI Film Bookings Unit

Email

bookings.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7957 8938 / 8935

Address

21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.com

Web

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