Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Nikolai Cherkasov

Czar Ivan IV

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Serafima Birman

Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya

Age : 85 | Popularity : 6%

Pavel Kadochnikov

Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky

Age : 72 | Popularity : 9%

Mikhail Zharov

Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Amvrosi Buchma

Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Nikolay the Fanatic

Age : 60 | Popularity : 10%

Mikhail Kuznetsov

Fyodor Basmanov

Age : N/A | Popularity : 16%

Alexander Mgebrov

Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Sergei Eisenstein
Directing	Director	Sergei Eisenstein
Sound	Original Music Composer	Sergei Prokofiev
	Sound Designer	Vladimir Bogdankevich Boris Volsky
Production	Producer	Sergei Eisenstein
Camera	Director of Photography	Andrey Moskvin Eduard Tisse
Editing	Editor	Esfir Tobak
Art	Production Design	Sergei Eisenstein Yosyp Shpinel
	Art Direction	Yosyp Shpinel
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Leonid Naumov M. Safonova
	Makeup Artist	Vasili Goryunov
Department	Role	Name

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