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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
09/01/1958
US Release
10/10/1958
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Nikolay Cherkasov | Czar Ivan IV |
| Serafima Birman | Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya |
| Pavel Kadochnikov | Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky |
| Mikhail Zharov | Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov |
| Amvrosi Buchma | Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov |
| Vsevolod Pudovkin | Nikolay the Fanatic |
| Mikhail Kuznetsov | Fyodor Basmanov |
| Aleksandr Mgebrov | Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen |
| Andrei Abrikosov | Archbishop Philip / Archbishop Philip (formerly Fyodor Kolychev) |
| Vladimir Balashov | Pyotr Volynets / Pyotr the Volynets |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Nikolay Cherkasov | Czar Ivan IV |
| Serafima Birman | Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya |
| Pavel Kadochnikov | Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky |
| Mikhail Zharov | Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov |
| Amvrosi Buchma | Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov |
| Vsevolod Pudovkin | Nikolay the Fanatic |
| Mikhail Kuznetsov | Fyodor Basmanov |
| Aleksandr Mgebrov | Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen |
| Andrei Abrikosov | Archbishop Philip / Archbishop Philip (formerly Fyodor Kolychev) |
| Vladimir Balashov | Pyotr Volynets / Pyotr the Volynets |
| Erik Pyryev | Ivan IV as a boy |
| Mikhail Nazvanov | Prince Andrei Kurbsky |
| Pavel Massalsky | King Sigismund of Poland |
| Ada Voytsik | Elena Glinskaya, Ivan's Mother |
| Aleksandr Rumnev | The Stranger |
| Semyon Timoshenko | Kaspar von Oldenbock, Livonian ambassador |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Sergei Eisenstein | Producer |
| I. Soluyanov | Producer |
| Rachel Rogers | Producer |
| I. Bakar | Producer |
