Film

A Life for the Tsar

1992 · 2h 52m

IMDb

8.8

Glinka's "patriotic-heroic tragic opera" in four acts 'A Life for the Tsar' or 'Ivan Susanin' (as it was known during the Soviet era), recorded live at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1992, and starring Evgeny Nesterenko, Marina Mescheriakova, Alexander Lomonosov and Elena Zaremba, with the chorus and orchestra of the Bolshoi, conducted by Alexander Lazarev. The historical basis of the plot involves Ivan Susanin, a patriotic hero of the early 17th century who died in the expulsion of the invading Polish army for the newly elected Tsar Michael of Russia, the first of the Romanov dynasty, elected in 1613.

Evgeny Nesterenko

Ivan Susanin

Maria Mescheryakova

Antonida

Alexander Lomonosov

Sobinin

Elena Zaremba

Vanja

• Nikolai KuznetsovProducer

Release date

January 1, 1992

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

2h 52m