Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (2025)
Katerina Ismailova is wealthily married and lonely, her husband impotent and her father-in-law a tyrant. She is trapped in a world where merciless brutality, despotism and cruelty reign. The woman with a lust for life and love gives way to her raw longing for freedom when a new labourer Sergei starts working for the Ismailov family. She throws herself into a passionate affair with him and poisons her father-in-law's food. But the increasing radicalism of her desire for self-determination will claim further victims...
Director: Elisabeth Stöppler
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Andreas Bauer Kanabas as Boris Timofeyevich Izmailov |
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Jussi Myllys as Zinoviy Borisovich Izmailov |
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Izabela Matula as Katerina Lvovna Izmailova |
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Sergey Polyakov as Sergei |
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Anke Krabbe as Aksinya |
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Sergej Khomov as Tattered peasant |
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Valentin Ruckebier as Steward |
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Torben Jürgens as Porter / Old Convict |
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Beniamin Pop as Priest |
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Thorsten Grümbel as Police Inspector |
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Maria Polańska as Sonyetka |
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Constantin Moței as Policeman |
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Dae-Il Park as 1st Workman |
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Mamuka Manjgaladze as 2nd Workman |
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Zhive Kremshovski as 3rd Workman |
| Sound | Dmitri Shostakovich | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Dmitri Shostakovich | Writer |
| Writing | Alexander Preis | Writer |
| Sound | Vitali Alekseenok | Conductor |
| Directing | Elisabeth Stöppler | Director |
| Art | Annika Haller | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Su Sigmund | Costume Design |
| Lighting | Volker Weinhart | Lighting Design |
| Crew | Anna Melcher | Dramaturgy |