Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

86 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 1, 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.

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

86 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 1, 1958

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Mosfilm, Alma-Ata Studio, Tsentralnuyu Obedinyonnuyu Kinostudiyu
Original title Иван Грозный. Сказ второй: Боярский заговор
Directors Sergei Eisenstein
Writers Sergei Eisenstein

Cast

Nikolai Cherkasov

as Czar Ivan IV

Serafima Birman

as Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya

Pavel Kadochnikov

as Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky

Mikhail Zharov

as Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov

Amvrosi Buchma

as Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov

Vsevolod Pudovkin

as Nikolay the Fanatic

Mikhail Kuznetsov

as Fyodor Basmanov

Alexander Mgebrov

as Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen

Andrei Abrikosov

as Archbishop Philip (formerly Fyodor Kolychev)

Vladimir Balashov

as Pyotr Volynets

Eric Pyryev

as Ivan IV as a boy

Mikhail Nazvanov

as Prince Andrei Kurbsky

Pavel Massalsky

as King Sigismund of Poland

Ada Vojtsik

as Elena Glinskaya, Ivan's Mother

Aleksandr Rumnyov

as The Stranger (uncredited)

Sergei Stolyarov

as (uncredited)

Semyon Timoshenko

as Kaspar von Oldenbock, Livonian Ambassador (uncredited)