A young woman, married to a wealthy man, but miserably lonely; trapped within a world ruled with an iron fist. Katerina is driven by a lust for life and for love. Her husband, though, is impotent; her father-in-law a tyrant. No wonder, then, that she longs to free herself from this yoke. When Sergei starts work on the family estate, she sees in him a chance for salvation. However, their subsequent affair marks the beginning of a descent into crime.
- Genre: Drama, Music
- Studio: TV 2000, Krátký film Praha, Zweite Medienfonds German Filmproductions, ARTE
- Keyword: opera, extramarital affair, based on opera
- Cast: Markéta Hrubešová, Galina Vishnevskaya, Michal Dlouhý, Nicolai Gedda, Petr Haničinec, Dimiter Petkov