Thunderstorm

The cinematic adaptation of "The Storm" play by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. 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.

85min
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.8/10

Cast

Alla Tarasova profile pictureAlla TarasovaKaterina Petrovna Kabanova
Ivan Chuvelyov profile pictureIvan ChuvelyovTikhon Kabanov, her husband
Mikhail Tsaryov profile pictureMikhail TsaryovBoris Grigoriyevich, her lover
Varvara Massalitinova profile pictureVarvara MassalitinovaMarfa Ignatovna Kabanova, her mother-in-law
Irina Zarubina profile pictureIrina ZarubinaBarbara Kabanova, her sister-in-law
Mikhail Zharov profile pictureMikhail ZharovKoudryash (as M.I. Jaroff)
Mikhail Tarkhanov profile pictureMikhail TarkhanovSaveli Prokofiyevich Dikoy

About Thunderstorm

Thunderstorm Overview

The cinematic adaptation of "The Storm" play by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. 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.

Runtime: 85min

Extra details

Original Title: Гроза
Original Language: Russian
Directed By: Vladimir Petrov
Production Companies
Gosudarstvennoe Upravlenie Kinematografii i fotografii (GUKF)