Katerina Izmailova (Катерина Измайлова) 57 years old

Katerina Izmailova is a filmization of Dmitry Shostakovich's long-suppressed 1936 opera. Galina Vishnevskaya stars as Katerina, a bored 19th century farm wife. At the behest of her grungy lover, Katerina murders her husband and her father-in-law. She and her new beau are both sent to Siberia, where the lover almost immediately takes up with a younger woman. Banned by Stalin for its bleak portrait of Soviet life, Katerina Izmailova was not given a Russian staging for over 40 years; its Metropolitan Opera debut did not occur until 1994. Dmitri Shostakovich also wrote the screenplay for the screen version of Katerina Izmailova.

Credits

Katerina Izmailova Cast

Name	Character
Galina Vishnevskaya She was 40, 86 years old when she died	as Katerina
Aleksandr Sokolov He was 14, now 42 years old
Nikolai Boyarsky

Katerina Izmailova Crew

Name	Department
Mikhail Shapiro as Director. He was 59 (63) years old when He died	Directing