Khovanshchina (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Khovanshchina
Хованщина

| image = Khovanshchina_(film).jpg

| caption =

| producer =

| writer = Anna Abramova
Dmitri Shostakovich

| narrator =

| starring = Aleksei Krivchenya
Anton Grigoriev
Yevgeny Kibkalo
Mark Reizen

| cinematography = V.V. Dombrovsky

| editing =

| studio = Mosfilm

| distributor = Artkino Pictures (United States)

| released = {{Film date|1960}}

| runtime = 124 minutes

| country = Soviet Union

| language = Russian

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Khovanshchina ({{langx|ru|Хованщина}}) is a 1959 Soviet musical drama film, directed by Vera Stroyeva and based on the eponymous opera by 19th-century Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. For his adaptation of Mussorgsky's score, Dmitri Shostakovich was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. The music was conducted by Yevgeny Svetlanov.

Cast

Aleksei Krivchenya as Prince Ivan Khovansky, head of the Streltsy
Anton Grigoriev as Prince Andrei Khovansky, son of Ivan Khovansky
Yevgeny Kibkalo as Boyar Fyodor Shaklovity
Mark Reizen as Dosifey, leader of the Old Believers
Kira Leonova as Marfa, an Old Believer
Vladimir Petrov as Prince Vasily Golitsin
Aleksei Maslennikov as Kuzka, a young strelets
Maya Plisetskaya as Persian slave{{cite book|author=Maya Plisetskaya|title=I, Maya Plisetskaya|url=https://archive.org/details/imayaplisetskaya00plis_0|url-access=registration|quote=Vera Stroyeva.|year=2001|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-08857-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/imayaplisetskaya00plis_0/page/188 188]}}