Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)

This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the behest of Josef Stalin. Production of the epic was stopped before the third part could be filmed, due to producer dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's introducing forbidden experimental filming techniques into the material, more evident in this part than the first part. As it was, this second part was banned from showings until after the deaths of both Eisenstein and Stalin, and a change of attitude by the subsequent heads of the Soviet government. In this part, as Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate him.

Directing:
  • Sergei M. Eisenstein
  • Sergei Eisenstein

Writing:
  • Sergei M. Eisenstein
  • Sergei Eisenstein

Stars:
Release Date: 1958-10-10
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  • Country: SU
  • Language: Pусский
  • Runtime: 82

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Pavel Kadochnikov
Pavel Kadochn...
Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
Mikhail Zharov
Mikhail Zharo...
Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
Nikolai Cherkasov
Nikolai Cherk...
Czar Ivan IV
Ada Vojtsik
Ada Vojtsik
Elena Glinskaya, Ivan's Mother
Andrei Abrikosov
Andrei Abriko...
Archbishop Philip (formerly Fyodor Kolychev)
Serafima Birman
Serafima Birm...
Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Vsevolod Pudo...
Nikolay the Fanatic
Mikhail Kuznetsov
Mikhail Kuzne...
Fyodor Basmanov
Mikhail Nazvanov
Mikhail Nazva...
Prince Andrei Kurbsky
Pavel Massalsky
Pavel Massals...
King Sigismund of Poland
Eric Pyryev
Eric Pyryev
Ivan IV as a boy
Alexander Mgebrov
Alexander Mge...
Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
Vladimir Balashov
Vladimir Bala...
Pyotr Volynets
Amvrosi Buchma
Amvrosi Buchm...
Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
Aleksandr Rumnyov
Aleksandr Rum...
The Stranger (uncredited)
Sergei Stolyarov
Sergei Stolya...
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