Overview
In a provincial town on the Volga River, the young and sensitive Katerina marries Tikhon, a violent drunkard, and thus enters the crude milieu of greedy salesmen, the "dark kingdom". Her mother-in-law, Kabanikha, rules the family with an iron fist and endlessly harasses Katerina. One day, when Tikhon is away, she meets Boris, a man who embodies everything Katerina is longing for.
Cast
- Alla Tarasova as Katerina Petrovna Kabanova
- Ivan Chuvelyov as Tikhon Kabanov, her husband
- Mikhail Tsaryov as Boris Grigoriyevich, her lover
- Varvara Massalitinova as Marfa Ignatovna Kabanova, her mother-in-law
- Irina Zarubina as Barbara Kabanova, her sister-in-law
- Mikhail Zharov as Koudryash
- Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya as The Old Seer
- Mikhail Tarkhanov as Saveli Prokofiyevich Dikoy