Boris Godunov(1986)

This is a screen adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's historical play about the ‘Time of Troubles’ in Russia at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. After the death of Feodor, the last tsar of the Rurik dynasty, a struggle for the throne unfolds between his wife's brother, Boris Godunov and Grigory Otrepyev, who pretends to be the miraculously surviving Tsarevich Dmitry.

Oscar-winning director Sergei Bondarchuk played the lead role in the movie. According to critics, ‘Boris Godunov’ was the best Soviet historical movie ever made. 

Duration:
147 minutes
Number of episodes:
2
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