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Aug 03, 2018ProfessionalPilgrim rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A SUPERB movie! While inspired by the famous Russian novel, "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District," by Nikolai Leskov, it deviates considerably from it, especially after the principal protagonists, Katherine and Sebastian suffocate Katherine's husband's young ward. The Russian novella took its title from Shakespeare's homicidal Lady Macbeth. The book inspired an opera by Dmitri Shostakovich, a ballet by Rudolf Brucci, and a Polish and a Soviet Russian films. The acting and scenery are fabulous. What I personally found amazing is that I felt a certain sympathy for Katherine, despite her horrendous acts, because she is so much a victim of her situation. Her husband and father-in-law treat her abominably, and are totally unsympathetic characters. Her husband's ward is an innocent, and sheer greed is the sole motivator for Katherine's cold-blooded murder of the boy.