Khovanshchina (film)

Khovanshchina Хованщина
Directed by	Vera Stroyeva
Written by	Anna Abramova Dmitri Shostakovich
Starring	Mark Reizen Aleksej Krivchenya Anton Grigoryev
Music by	Modest Mussorgsky
Cinematography	V.V. Dombrovsky
Distributed by	Artkino Pictures (United States)
Release date(s)	1960
Running time	124 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian
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For the 1880 opera on which this film is based, see Khovanshchina.

Khovanshchina (Russian: Хованщина) is a 1960 Soviet film directed by Vera Stroyeva and based on the eponymous opera by 19th-century Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. Dmitri Shostakovich was nominated for an Academy Award for Scoring of a Musical Picture for his work on this film.

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