Thunderstorm (1934)
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.
- Released
- 1934-03-25
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Vladimir Petrov, Vladimir Petrov
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- 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
- Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya as The Old Seer
- Mikhail Tarkhanov as Saveli Prokofiyevich Dikoy