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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Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Mikhail Nazvanov
He was 44, 50 years old when he died
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as Prince Andrei Kurbsky |
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Serafima Birman
She was 68, 85 years old when she died
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as Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya |
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Andrei Abrikosov
He was 51, 66 years old when he died
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as Archbishop Philip |
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Nikolai Cherkasov
He was 0, 8 years old when he died
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as Czar Ivan IV |
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Pavel Massalsky
He was 53, 75 years old when he died
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as King Sigismund of Poland |
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Pavel Kadochnikov
He was 43, 72 years old when he died
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as Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky |
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Vsevolod Pudovkin
He was 65, 60 years old when he died
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as Nikolay the Fanatic |
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Ada Vojtsik
She was 53, 77 years old when she died
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as Elena Glinskaya, Ivan's Mother |
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Mikhail Zharov
He was 58, 82 years old when he died
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as Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov |
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Sergei Eisenstein as Production Design. He was 60 (50) years old when He died
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Art |
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Sergei Eisenstein as Director. He was 60 (50) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Sergei Eisenstein as Producer. He was 60 (50) years old when He died
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Production |
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Sergei Eisenstein as Writer. He was 60 (50) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Eduard Tisse as Director of Photography. He was 61 (64) years old when He died
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Camera |
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Sergei Prokofiev as Original Music Composer. He was 67 (61) years old when He died
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Sound |
