The cinematic adaptation of "The Storm" play by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. 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.
Cast
Alla Tarasova
Katerina Petrovna Kabanova
Ivan Chuvelyov
Tikhon Kabanov, her husband
Mikhail Tsaryov
Boris Grigoriyevich, her lover
Varvara Massalitinova
Marfa Ignatovna Kabanova, her mother-in-law
Irina Zarubina
Barbara Kabanova, her sister-in-law
Mikhail Zharov
Koudryash
Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya
The Old Seer
Mikhail Tarkhanov
Saveli Prokofiyevich Dikoy
