Siberian Lady Macbeth
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Siberian Lady Macbeth also translated as Fury Is a Woman, is a 1962 film
directed by Andrzej Wajda
, based on the novella
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
by Nikolai Leskov
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1962 in film
The year 1962 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*May - The Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards are officially founded by the Taiwanese government....
directed by Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda is a Polish film director. Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he is possibly the most prominent member of the unofficial "Polish Film School"...
, based on the novella
Novella
A novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative usually longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000...
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (story)
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District is an 1865 novel of the Russian writer Nikolai Leskov.Among its themes are the subordinate role expected from women in 19th century European society, adultery, provincial life and the planning of murder by a woman, hence the title inspired by the Shakespearean...
by Nikolai Leskov
Nikolai Leskov
Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov was a Russian journalist, novelist and short story writer, who also wrote under the pseudonym M. Stebnitsky. Praised for his unique writing style and innovative experiments in form, held in high esteem by Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov and Maxim Gorky among others, Leskov is...
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