The Nose - 1979

The Nose 1979 Directed by Boris Pokrovskiy , Juri Bogatirenko

Shostakovich’s satirical opera adapted from the classic short story by Nikolai Gogol. Baritone Eduard Akimov leads the cast as Kovalyov, the hapless bureaucrat whose nose has mysteriously gone missing.

Country Soviet Union

Production Country Soviet Union

Language English

Spoken Language Russian

Gnere Music

Production Company Video Artists Int

Release Date 1 January 1979

134 mins

Cast

Eduard Akimov Kovalyov

Alexander Lomonosov The Nose

Valery Belykh Ivan Yakovlevich

Nina Sasulova Praskovia Osipovna

Boris Tarkhov Policeman

Boris Druzhinin Ivan

Ashot Sarkisov Doctor

Crew

Directors

Boris Pokrovskiy

Juri Bogatirenko

Writers

Georgy Ionin

Alexander Preis

Dmitri Shostakovich

Evgeny Zamyatin

Composer

Dmitri Shostakovich

Production Design

Sergei Alikov

Alexander Agin

Story

Nikolai Gogol

Music

Gennadi Rozhdestvensky