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Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

Original title: Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor
  • 19581958
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  • 1h 28m
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Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)
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As Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar.As Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar.As Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar.
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7.6K
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    • Sergei Eisenstein
    • Sergei Eisenstein
  • Stars
    • Nikolay Cherkasov
    • Serafima Birman
    • Pavel Kadochnikov
    • Sergei Eisenstein
    • Sergei Eisenstein
  • Stars
    • Nikolay Cherkasov
    • Serafima Birman
    • Pavel Kadochnikov
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    • 43User reviews
    • 33Critic reviews
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    Nikolay Cherkasov
    Nikolay Cherkasov
    • Czar Ivan IV
    Serafima Birman
    Serafima Birman
    • Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
    Pavel Kadochnikov
    Pavel Kadochnikov
    • Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
    Mikhail Zharov
    Mikhail Zharov
    • Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
    Amvrosi Buchma
    Amvrosi Buchma
    • Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
    Vsevolod Pudovkin
    Vsevolod Pudovkin
    • Nikolay the Fanatic
    • (as V.I. Pudovkin)
    Mikhail Kuznetsov
    Mikhail Kuznetsov
    • Fyodor Basmanov
    Aleksandr Mgebrov
    • Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
    Andrei Abrikosov
    Andrei Abrikosov
    • Archbishop Philip (formerly Fyodor Kolychev)
    Vladimir Balashov
    Vladimir Balashov
    • Pyotr Volynets
    Erik Pyryev
    • Ivan IV as a boy
    Mikhail Nazvanov
    Mikhail Nazvanov
    • Prince Andrei Kurbsky
    Pavel Massalsky
    Pavel Massalsky
    • King Sigismund of Poland
    Ada Voytsik
    Ada Voytsik
    • Elena Glinskaya, Ivan's Mother
    • (as Ada Vojtsik)
    Aleksandr Rumnev
    • The Stranger
    • (uncredited)
    Sergey Stolyarov
    Sergey Stolyarov
      Semyon Timoshenko
      • Kaspar von Oldenbock, Livonian ambassador
      • (uncredited)
        • Sergei Eisenstein
        • Sergei Eisenstein
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      • Trivia
        This film was withheld by Soviet authorities by order of Iosif Stalin, since this film, dealing with Ivan's slide into madness and the tyranny of the Oprichnina, did not properly mythologize Ivan IV Grozny to Stalin's satisfaction. It was not finally released until 10 years after the deaths of director Sergei Eisenstein and Stalin.
      • Goofs
        When Vladimir sits in drunken slumber on the Czar's throne, in the medium shots his head is leaning to his right, but in the long shot as Ivan approaches, it leans to his left.
      • Quotes

        Czar Ivan IV: From now on I will become the one you call me. I will become terrible.

      • Crazy credits
        The main cast and their roles is read by the narrator with accompanied footage.
      • Connections
        Featured in The Secret Life of Sergei Eisenstein (1987)

      User reviews43

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      10/10
      One of the true masterpieces of the cinema...
      This space can't afford me the kind of gargantuan platform needed to speak on Eisenstein's masterwork (both parts) with the sort of attention to detail and passion that the director brings to the story of the Russian tsar. This is the rarest of films that stands as a testament to how cinema can extend beyond an entertainment and exist as a singular work of art and a document that works to expand our knowledge of the human condition. Every frame is rich, every scene speaks far more than any written line or action. The production is a phenomenal achievement in the absolute totality of the collaborative effort; the actors, the set, the cinematography, the soundtrack - every facet of the film-making process has worked to create a seamless connection. While the approach of the actors, the lighting and the choices of camera angles frustrate our standard ideas of what a movie should look and feel like, there is a design here; it is precise and it is brilliant. This is a film for those viewers who, as Eisenstein famously said, read (not just watched) the images on the screen. One of the two or three true masterworks in the history of movies.
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      • Oct 1, 2005

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      • Release date
        • November 24, 1959 (United States)
        • Soviet Union
        • Russian
      • Also known as
        • Almaty, Kazakhstan
      • Production companies
        • Mosfilm
        • Tsentralnuyu Obedinyonnuyu Kinostudiyu (TsOKS)
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      • 1 hour 28 minutes
        • Black and White
        • Mono

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