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.
as Katerina Petrovna Kabanova
as Tikhon Kabanov, her husband
as Boris Grigoriyevich, her lover
as Marfa Ignatovna Kabanova, her mother-in-law
as Barbara Kabanova, her sister-in-law
as Koudryash
as The Old Seer
as Saveli Prokofiyevich Dikoy
