Tsar

Synopsis

In 16th-century Russia in the grip of chaos, Ivan the Terrible strongly believes he is vested with a holy mission. Believing he can understand and interpret the signs, he sees the Last Judgment approaching. He establishes absolute power, cruelly destroying anyone who gets in his way. During this reign of terror, Philip, the superior of the monastery on the Solovetsky Islands, a great scholar and Ivan's close friend, dares to oppose the sovereign's mystical tyranny. What follows is a clash between two completely opposite visions of the world, smashing morality and justice, God and men. A grand-scale film with excellent leading roles by Mamonov and Yankovsky. An allegory of Stalinist Russia

Main Cast

Pyotr Mamonov

Ivan The Terrible

Age : 73 | Popularity : 10%

Oleg Yankovskiy

Metropolitanate Philipp

Age : 65 | Popularity : 10%

Alexandr Domogarov

Aleksei Basmanov

Age : 60 | Popularity : 7%

Ivan Okhlobystin

Vassian, the king's jester

Age : 57 | Popularity : 12%

Yuriy Kuznetsov

Malyuta Skuratov

Age : 77 | Popularity : 3%

Aleksey Makarov

governor Kolychev

Age : 52 | Popularity : 5%

Aleksandr Ilin

Fedka Basmanov

Age : 40 | Popularity : 10%

Ville Haapasalo

Heinrich Staden

Age : 52 | Popularity : 10%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Tom Stern
	Additional Director of Photography	Oleg Topoev Ivan Mamonov
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Natalya Dzyubenko Ekaterina Dyminskaya
	Makeup Artist	Irina Ulyanova Valeriya Nikulina
Writing	Screenplay	Pavel Lungin Aleksei Ivanov
Directing	Director	Pavel Lungin
	Assistant Director	Nathalia Lyashenko
Production	Producer	Pavel Lungin Vasily Bernhardt Olga Vasilyeva
	Casting Director	Tatyana Maksakova
Sound	Original Music Composer	Yuri Krasavin
	Sound Director	Stéphane Albinet
Art	Set Designer	Polina Gavrilova
	Production Design	Sergey Ivanov
Editing	Editor	Albina Antipenko
Crew	Stunt Coordinator	Alex Silkin
Department	Role	Name

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