
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
History · Drama
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.
Top Cast


Nikolai Cherkasov
Nikolai Cherkasov
Czar Ivan IV
Nikolai Cherkasov
Czar Ivan IV


Serafima Birman
Serafima Birman
Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
Serafima Birman
Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya


Pavel Kadochnikov
Pavel Kadochnikov
Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
Pavel Kadochnikov
Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky


Mikhail Zharov
Mikhail Zharov
Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
Mikhail Zharov
Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov


Amvrosii Buchma
Amvrosii Buchma
Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
Amvrosii Buchma
Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov


Vsevolod Pudovkin
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Nikolay the Fanatic
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Nikolay the Fanatic


Mikhail Kuznetsov
Mikhail Kuznetsov
Fyodor Basmanov
Mikhail Kuznetsov
Fyodor Basmanov


Alexander Mgebrov
Alexander Mgebrov
Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
Alexander Mgebrov
Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen


Andrei Abrikosov
Andrei Abrikosov
Archbishop Philip (formerly Fyodor Kolychev)
Andrei Abrikosov
Archbishop Philip (formerly Fyodor Kolychev)


Vladimir Balashov
Vladimir Balashov
Pyotr Volynets
Vladimir Balashov
Pyotr Volynets
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