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Navigating the deadly waters of Stalinist politics, Eisenstein was able to film two parts of his planned trilogy about the troubled sixteenth-century tsar who united Russia. Visually stunning and powerfully acted, Ivan the Terrible charts the rise to power and descent into terror of this veritable dictator. Though pleased with the first installment, Stalin detested the portrait in the second film—with its summary executions and secret police—and promptly banned it.
Original Release
12/30/1944
US Release
03/08/1947
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Cast
| Name | Character |
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| Nikolay Cherkasov | Czar Ivan IV |
| Lyudmila Tselikovskaya | Czarina Anastasia Romanovna |
| Serafima Birman | Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya |
| Mikhail Nazvanov | Prince Andrei Kurbsky |
| Mikhail Zharov | Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov |
| Amvrosi Buchma | Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov |
| Mikhail Kuznetsov | Fyodor Basmanov |
| Pavel Kadochnikov | Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky |
| Andrei Abrikosov | Boyar Fyodor Kolychev |
| Aleksandr Mgebrov | Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Nikolay Cherkasov | Czar Ivan IV |
| Lyudmila Tselikovskaya | Czarina Anastasia Romanovna |
| Serafima Birman | Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya |
| Mikhail Nazvanov | Prince Andrei Kurbsky |
| Mikhail Zharov | Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov |
| Amvrosi Buchma | Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov |
| Mikhail Kuznetsov | Fyodor Basmanov |
| Pavel Kadochnikov | Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky |
| Andrei Abrikosov | Boyar Fyodor Kolychev |
| Aleksandr Mgebrov | Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen |
| Maksim Mikhaylov | Archdeacon |
| Vladimir Balashov | Piotr Volynetz |
| Vsevolod Pudovkin | Nikola, Simpleton Beggar |
| Semyon Timoshenko | Kaspar von Oldenbock, Livonian ambassador |
| Aleksandr Rumnev | The Stranger |
| Pavel Massalsky | Sigismond - King of Poland |
| Valentina Kuznetsova | Smiling Woman in the Church |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Sergei Eisenstein | Producer |
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