Groza 1934

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) 

• The Storm
• Thunderstorm