Overview

This film was a true peculiarity, a filmed version of the great Feodor Chaliapin in one of his most famous roles; the fact that it was a silent film, with title cards, meant that audiences could only appreciate his acting. Another curiosity is that the film also included a minor role enacted by Richard Boleslavsky, who in 1932 directed “Rasputin and the Empress.”(9)

Top Cast

Feodor Chaliapin Sr.

tsar Ivan IV the Terrible

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Volk-Krachkovskaya

Olga

Nikolai Saltykov

Tucha

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Glafira Chernova

Vera Sheloga

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E. Korsak

Perfilyevna

V

Vladimir Bazilevskiy

Boris Godunov

R

Richard Boleslawski

Prince Vyazemskiy

B

Boris Sushkevich

Malyuta Skuratov

Mikhail Zharov

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Vladimir Karin

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