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

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Cast

Nikolai Cherkasov Nikolai Cherkasov As: Czar Ivan IV
Serafima Birman Serafima Birman As: Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
Pavel Kadochnikov Pavel Kadochnikov As: Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
Mikhail Zharov Mikhail Zharov As: Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
Amvrosi Buchma Amvrosi Buchma As: Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
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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.


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Certification: NR

Details

Genres: History, Drama

Language: Pусский

Release Date: 10 October 1958

Country: SU

Runtime: 87m

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Company Credits

Company: Mosfilm, TsOKS

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Cast

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

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)

Sergei Stolyarov

Sergei Stolyarov

(uncredited)

Semyon Timoshenko

Semyon Timoshenko

Kaspar von Oldenbock, Livonian Ambassador (uncredited)

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Writing Credits

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Costume and Makeup

Vasili Goryunov

Vasili Goryunov

Makeup Artist

M. Safonova

M. Safonova

Costume Design

Leonid Naumov

Leonid Naumov

Costume Design

Sound

Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Prokofiev

Original Music Composer

Boris Volsky

Boris Volsky

Sound Designer

Vladimir Bogdankevich

Vladimir Bogdankevich

Sound Designer

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Eduard Tisse

Eduard Tisse

Director of Photography

Andrey Moskvin

Andrey Moskvin

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Sergei Eisenstein

Sergei Eisenstein

Production Design

Yosyp Shpinel

Yosyp Shpinel

Production Design

Yosyp Shpinel

Yosyp Shpinel

Art Direction

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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