Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

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

Released: 1958-10-10 Duration: 1hr 22min
Genres: History Drama
Rating 7.3

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.

Production Companies

Mosfilm
Mosfilm
TsOKS

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language ru
Popularity 8.506

Directed By

Sergei Eisenstein

Crew

Original Music Composer
Sergei Prokofiev
Director of Photography
Andrey Moskvin
Director of Photography
Eduard Tisse
Editor
Esfir Tobak
Production Design
Sergei Eisenstein
Production Design
Yosyp Shpinel
Art Direction
Yosyp Shpinel
Costume Design
Leonid Naumov
Costume Design
M. Safonova
Makeup Artist
Vasili Goryunov
Sound Designer
Vladimir Bogdankevich
Sound Designer
Boris Volsky

TOP 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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