Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot Poster

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)

NR 10/10/1958 History, Drama 1h 22m
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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.

Sergei Eisenstein

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Nikolai Cherkasov

Nikolai 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

Mikhail Kuznetsov

Mikhail Kuznetsov

Fyodor Basmanov

Alexander Mgebrov

Alexander Mgebrov

Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen

Andrei Abrikosov

Andrei Abrikosov

Archbishop Philip (formerly Fyodor Kolychev)

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Media

Dance of the Oprichniks from Ivan the Terrible Part II (Eng. Subs)

Dance of the Oprichniks from Ivan the Terrible Part II (Eng. Subs)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on June 7, 2022

Nikolay Cherkasov picks up well from where we left the first part of Sergei Eisenstein's depiction of the life and times of this infamous Russian Tsar. Having now established a bit of stability for his country, he now tries to hold onto it. He now tries to establish an army to cement his reign whilst his aunt Efrosinia (Serafima Birman) still promotes the interests of her son Vladimir (Pavel Kadochnikov). With the help of the boyars who are also unhappy with his rule, they set about deposing him. Whereas part one was very much more about the rise of Ivan IV, this second episode also focuses a little more on the others, and Kadochnikov performs well as the would-be pretender as does Birman as his scheming mother and his friend "Philip" the monk (Andrei Abrikosov) whom he installs as the pow...

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