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 (as M.I. Jaroff)

Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya

The Old Seer

Mikhail Tarkhanov

Saveli Prokofiyevich Dikoy