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Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

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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.

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

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

Themes & Keywords

historicalmedieval

About Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot is a history, drama film released in 1958 exploring themes of historical, medieval. Directed by Sergei Eisenstein, it stars Nikolai Cherkasov, Serafima Birman, Pavel Kadochnikov. 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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