Siberian Lady Macbeth (DVD)
Directed by :
Andrzej Wajda
Cast :
Ljuba Tadic, Olivera Markovic
Available Date : 11/30/-0001
Release Year : 1962
Running Time : 93
UPC : 738329025021
Country :
Yugoslavia, Poland
Language:
Serbo-Croatian with English subtitles
Genre :
Film Noir
$7.99 (DVD)
MSRP: $29.95
Shakespearean tragedy collides with film noir in a remote Russian village in
this dark fable from celebrated Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda (Danton,
Ashes and Diamonds).
Siberian Lady Macbeth observes the cruel machinations of Katarina, a ruthless woman (Olivera Markovic) who will let nothing threaten her affair with a mysterious drifter (Ljuba Tadic). When her father-in-law (Bojan Stupica) discovers the indiscretion, she dispatches him with a dose of rat poison. But soon others, including her husband, sister-in-law and young nephew, develop suspicions of their own... and test the limits to which Katarina's lethal passion will carry her.
The film's barbaric setting (photographed in beautiful black-and-white by Aleksandar Sekulovic) emphasizes the primordial desires that propel its heroine toward destruction, while Wajda's carefully composed images (backed by a score drawn from the works of Shostakovich) endow the film with a visual impact and formal grace that make Siberian Lady Macbeth an unsung classic of Eastern European Cinema.
Siberian Lady Macbeth observes the cruel machinations of Katarina, a ruthless woman (Olivera Markovic) who will let nothing threaten her affair with a mysterious drifter (Ljuba Tadic). When her father-in-law (Bojan Stupica) discovers the indiscretion, she dispatches him with a dose of rat poison. But soon others, including her husband, sister-in-law and young nephew, develop suspicions of their own... and test the limits to which Katarina's lethal passion will carry her.
The film's barbaric setting (photographed in beautiful black-and-white by Aleksandar Sekulovic) emphasizes the primordial desires that propel its heroine toward destruction, while Wajda's carefully composed images (backed by a score drawn from the works of Shostakovich) endow the film with a visual impact and formal grace that make Siberian Lady Macbeth an unsung classic of Eastern European Cinema.
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- Andrzej Wajda - Director
- Ljuba Tadic - Actor
- Olivera Markovic - Actor
Awards
Golden Arena Pula Film Festival
Official Selection New York Film Festival
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