Home Movies TV Series Search Sign in

Thunderstorm

5.2 85 mins Drama   1934
Gosudarstvennoe Upravlenie Kinematografii i fotografii (GUKF)  
Director(s): Vladimir Petrov

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.

Casts of Thunderstorm

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 (as M.I. Jaroff)

Mikhail Tarkhanov

as Saveli Prokofiyevich Dikoy

You might also like