Overview
Based on the play Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin, Dmitry Krymov’s Boris is a metaphor about the fate of Russia, its rulers and eternal values, subverting its ideas behind the cover of Pushkin’s text to show a direct line of the current governance of Russia with its imperial past, as well as all the myths on which Russian identity now rests. A flying raven, a poet, a folk choir, saints and sinners, living and dead - all come to life in the twilight of the Provision Warehouses of the Moscow Museum in this new interpretation of a classic work by one of the world’s most renowned stage directors.
Cast
- Timofey Tribuntsev as Boris Godunov
- Viktoriya Isakova as Marina Mniszech
- Mariya Smolnikova as False Dmitry
- Sergey Schedrin as Pushkin
- Inna Sukhoretskaya as Concert Manager
- Oleg Topolyansky as Basmanov
- German Lukomnikov as Holy Fool
- Lenya Zharov as Boy at Piano
- Sergey Apollonov as Waiter
- Mikhail Meshcheryakov as Waiter