Ivan the Terrible, Part II
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.
Vsevolod Pudovkin
- Nikolay the Fanaticas Nikolay the Fanatic
- (as V.I. Pudovkin)
Aleksandr Rumnev
- The Strangeras The Stranger
- (uncredited)
His wife dead from poisoning and his chief warrior, Kurbsky, defected to the Poles, Ivan is lonely as he pursues a unified Russia with no foreign occupiers. Needing friendship, he brings to court Kolychev, now Philip the monk, and makes him metropolitan bishop of Moscow. Philip, however, takes his cues from the boyars and tries to bend Ivan to the will of the church. Ivan faces down Philip and lets loose his private force, the Oprichniks, on the boyars. Led by the Tsar's aunt, Euphrosyne, the boyers plot to assassinate Ivan and enthrone her son, Vladimir. At a banquet, Ivan mockingly crowns Vladimir and sends him in royal robes into the cathedral where the assassin awaits. —<jhailey@hotmail.com>
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The first part was considered as an eulogy. and, maybe, legitimation for Stalin regime. the second part is more than a critic . because it is realistic portrait of the essence of Soviet communism. because, scene by scene, not Ivan Vasilievich is the lead hero but the camarade Stalin. sure, the technical solutions, the genius of Eisenstein, the tension and the use of colors in the last scenes are the pieces defining this film as masterpiece. but the political message is not exactly just a detail. but the clue. the fate of movie is the basic proof. the war against Ivan Groznyy III is the other. for regime, after 1953, maybe, the risks to use the material is too sensitive. because, from the second part, it becomes a manifesto.
it is an impressive film. for many reasons. but, in same measure, it is one of the most inspired analysis of the totalitarian regimes. for me, this fact transforms Ivan Groznyy in more than a masterpiece but in a powerfull warning.
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- Kirpianuscus
- May 30, 2018
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By what name was Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor (1958) officially released in Canada in English?
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