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Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

1958

7.3

Categories:

  • History
  • Drama

Overview:

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.

Sergei Eisenstein

Writer, Director, Producer, Production Design

Cast:

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  • Nikolai Cherkasov

    Nikolai Cherkasov

    Czar Ivan IV
  • Serafima Birman

    Serafima Birman

    Boyarina Efrosinia Sta...
  • Pavel Kadochnikov

    Pavel Kadochnikov

    Vladimir Andreyevich S...
  • Mikhail Zharov

    Mikhail Zharov

    Czar's Guard Malyuta S...
  • Amvrosi Buchma

    Amvrosi Buchma

    Czar's Guard Aleksei B...
  • Vsevolod Pudovkin

    Vsevolod Pudovkin

    Nikolay the Fanatic