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10/10/1958 History, Drama 1h 22m
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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.

  1. Sergei Eisenstein

    Writer, Director

Top billed cast

  1. Nikolai Cherkasov

    Czar Ivan IV

  2. Serafima Birman

    Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya

  3. Pavel Kadochnikov

    Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky

  4. Mikhail Zharov

    Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov

  5. Amvrosii Buchma

    Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov

  6. Vsevolod Pudovkin

    Nikolay the Fanatic

  7. Mikhail Kuznetsov

    Fyodor Basmanov

  8. Alexander Mgebrov

    Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen

  9. Andrei Abrikosov

    Archbishop Philip (formerly Fyodor Kolychev)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-07
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 ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Russian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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