Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

Name: Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1958-10-10
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 7.3

★ 7,3 /10 (172 Votes)

1958 RU 82 min

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.

Stream

Release date

10/10/1958

Votes

172

Popularity

1.0

Genres

History Drama

Status

Released

Original title

Иван Грозный. Сказ второй: Боярский заговор

Language

Runtime

82 min

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Nikolai Cherkasov

Czar Ivan IV

Serafima Birman

Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya

Pavel Kadochnikov

Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky

Mikhail Zharov

Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov

Amvrosii Buchma

Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Nikolay the Fanatic

Mikhail Kuznetsov

Fyodor Basmanov

Alexander Mgebrov

Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen

Andrei Abrikosov

Archbishop Philip (formerly Fyodor Kolychev)

Vladimir Balashov

Pyotr Volynets

Erik Pyryev

Ivan IV as a boy

Mikhail Nazvanov

Prince Andrei Kurbsky

Pavel Massalsky

King Sigismund of Poland

Ada Vojtsik

Elena Glinskaya, Ivan's Mother

Aleksandr Rumnyov

The Stranger (uncredited)

Sergey Stolyarov

(uncredited)

Semyon Timoshenko

Kaspar von Oldenbock, Livonian Ambassador (uncredited)

Evgenia Bagorskaya

Lady from Sigismund's court

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Nikolay Cherkasov picks up well from where we left the first part of Sergei Eisenstein's depiction of the life and times of this infamous Russian Tsar. Having now established a bit of stability for his country, he now tries to hold onto it. He now tries to establish an army to cement his reign whilst his aunt Efrosinia (Serafima Birman) still promotes the interests of her son Vladimir (Pavel Kadochnikov). With the help of the boyars who are also unhappy with his rule, they set about deposing him. Whereas part one was very much more about the rise of Ivan IV, this second episode also focuses a …

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