CinemaOSMovie · 1958 · 1h 22m · NR

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

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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.

Directed bySergei Eisenstein

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 22m
Language
RU
Released
October 10, 1958
Studios
MosfilmTsOKS

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Dance of the Oprichniks from Ivan the Terrible Part II (Eng. Subs)

Dance of the Oprichniks from Ivan the Terrible Part II (Eng. Subs)

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10 credited
Starring
Nikolai Cherkasov

Nikolai Cherkasov

Czar Ivan IV

Serafima Birman

Serafima Birman

Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya

Pavel Kadochnikov

Pavel Kadochnikov

Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky

Mikhail Zharov

Mikhail Zharov

Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov

Amvrosii Buchma

Amvrosii 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

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Directed by
Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Eisenstein
Written by
Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Eisenstein
Produced by
Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Eisenstein

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