Learning on ScreenSiberian Lady Macbeth
- Alternative title
- Siberian Lady Macbeth, The Fury is a Woman
- Synopsis
- An adaptation of the 19th-century Russian novelist Nikolai Leskov’s transposition of Macbeth to the Siberia of his time. Leskov’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, also served as inspiration for Shostakovitch’s opera of the same title, and much of this film is operatic, as well as being influenced by Kurosawa’s THRONE OF BLOOD.
- Language
- Polish
- Country
- Yugoslavia
- Medium
- Film; Film. 16mm. b&w. 92 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1961
- Year of production
- 1971
- Availability
- Hire
- Notes
- Dialogue in Polish and Serbo-Croat.
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Leskov, Nikolai; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Credits
- Director
- Andrzej Wajda
- Cinematographer
- Aleksandar Sekulovic
- Screenplay
- Sveta Lukic
- Music
- Dusan Radic
- Production Design
- Miomir Denic
- Costume
- Mira Glisic
- Cast
Ljuba Tadic Miodrag Lazarevic Olivera Markovic
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
- Name
Avala Film
Distributor
- Name
BFI Film Bookings Unit
- bookings.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/about-bfi/help-faq/film-bookings External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8938 / 8935
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
Online Retailer
- Name
amazon.com
- Web
- http://www.amazon.com External site opens in new window
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