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.
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2 films
Cast
18 people
Nikolai Cherkasov
Czar Ivan IV
Known for
Alexander Nevsky
Serafima Birman
Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
Known for
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Pavel Kadochnikov
Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
Known for
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano
Mikhail Zharov
Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
Known for
Chess Fever
Aelita: Queen of Mars
Amvrosii Buchma
Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
Known for
Arsenal
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Nikolay the Fanatic
Known for
Mother
Mikhail Kuznetsov
Fyodor Basmanov
Also in
Russia Is Young
The Blue Notebook
Alexander Mgebrov
Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
Also in
Peter the First, Part I
Defeat of Yudenich
Andrei Abrikosov
Archbishop Philip (formerly Fyodor Kolychev)
Known for
Alexander Nevsky
Wedding in Malinovka
Vladimir Balashov
Pyotr Volynets
Also in
Enemy's Enemy
Ugryum-River
Erik Pyryev
Ivan IV as a boy
No other roles listed
Mikhail Nazvanov
Prince Andrei Kurbsky
Known for
Hamlet
Sergei Eisenstein Director · Sergei Prokofiev Composer Eduard Tisse Cinematographer
United States release October 10, 1958 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Production TsOKS, Alma-Ata Studio
Production
Mosfilm
Production · Studio
TsOKS
Production
Alma-Ata Studio
Production
Russia · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Иван Грозный. Сказ второй: Боярский заговор
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
United States · October 10, 1958
Theatrical
France
January 1, 1959 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 4, 1971 · Theatrical
May 1, 2016 · Theatrical · digitally restored version
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