Katerina Izmailova (1966)

Katerina Izmailova (1966) - Drama Movies 118 minutes. Caterina Ismailova, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk, Katerina Ismailova, Kateria Izmaylova, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. 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. murder, betrayal