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Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

Oct 10, 1958 1h 22m
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Synopsis

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.

Title Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Companies Mosfilm, TsOKS
Countries Soviet Union
Keywords historical, medieval
Serafima Birman

Serafima Birman

Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
Pavel Kadochnikov

Pavel Kadochnikov

Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
Mikhail Zharov

Mikhail Zharov

Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
Amvrosi Buchma

Amvrosi Buchma

Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
Vsevolod Pudovkin

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Nikolay the Fanatic
Mikhail Kuznetsov

Mikhail Kuznetsov

Fyodor Basmanov
Alexander Mgebrov

Alexander Mgebrov

Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
Andrei Abrikosov

Andrei Abrikosov

Archbishop Philip (formerly Fyodor Kolychev)
Vladimir Balashov

Vladimir Balashov

Pyotr Volynets
Eric Pyryev

Eric Pyryev

Ivan IV as a boy
Mikhail Nazvanov

Mikhail Nazvanov

Prince Andrei Kurbsky
Pavel Massalsky

Pavel Massalsky

King Sigismund of Poland
Ada Vojtsik

Ada Vojtsik

Elena Glinskaya, Ivan's Mother
Aleksandr Rumnyov

Aleksandr Rumnyov

The Stranger (uncredited)
Semyon Timoshenko

Semyon Timoshenko

Kaspar von Oldenbock, Livonian Ambassador (uncredited)