About the film
After the death of Tsar Fyodor, power passes to his brother-in-law, Boris Godunov. But rumours say that Boris ordered the killing of the young Tsarevich Dmitry years before.
In a monastery, a young monk named Grigory hears the story and decides to become Dmitry. He escapes to Poland, gathers an army and marches on Moscow, and the Time of Troubles begins.
Sergei Bondarchuk, director of War and Peace, adapts Pushkin's great historical play and plays Boris himself.
Did you know?
- It competed for the Palme d'Or at the 1986 Cannes festival.
- Bondarchuk directed and played the title role.
- Pushkin's play also inspired Mussorgsky's famous opera.
