Khovanshchina

(2007)

Genres: Music

Year: 2007

Runtime: 192 мин

Director: Ángel Luis Ramírez

Cast: Vladimir Ognovenko, Vladimir Galouzine, Nikolai Putilin, Vladimir Vaneev, Elena Zaremba, Graham Clark, Nataliya Tymchenko

Plot

A lyrical drama in a context of political, religious and cultural revolution, in the heart of the late 17th century in Russia. The story takes place during the 1682 revolt opposing the Old Believers and the New Orthodox. Ivan Khovanski (Vladimir Ognovenko), head of the streltsy's uprising, embodies the movement of religious indignation which ends up being bloodily crushed.