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Ivan the Terrible, Part Two ()

Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor (original title)
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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.
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Czar Ivan IV
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Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
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Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
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Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
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Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
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Nikolay the Fanatic (as V.I. Pudovkin)
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Fyodor Basmanov
Aleksandr Mgebrov ...
Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
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Archbishop Philip (formerly Fyodor Kolychev)
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Pyotr Volynets
Erik Pyryev ...
Ivan IV as a boy
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Prince Andrei Kurbsky
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King Sigismund of Poland
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Elena Glinskaya, Ivan's Mother (as Ada Vojtsik)
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Aleksandr Rumnev ...
The Stranger (uncredited)
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Semyon Timoshenko ...
Kaspar von Oldenbock, Livonian ambassador (uncredited)

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Sergei Eisenstein ... (as Sergei M. Eisenstein)

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Sergei Eisenstein ... (writer) (as Sergei M. Eisenstein)

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Aleksandrs Eiduss ... administrative producer (as A. Eidus)
Sergei Eisenstein ... producer (as Sergei M. Eisenstein)
I. Soluyanov ... administrative producer
Igor Vakar ... administrative producer (as I. Vakar)

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Sergei Prokofiev

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Andrey Moskvin ... (as A. Moskvin)
Eduard Tisse ... (as E. Tisse)

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Esfir Tobak

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Sergei Eisenstein ... (as Sergei M. Eisenstein)
Iosif Shpinel ... (as Isaak Shpinel)

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Iosif Shpinel ... (as Isaak Shpinel)

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M. Safonova
Leonid Naumov ... (uncredited)

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Vasili Goryunov ... makeup artist

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M. Filimonova ... collaborating director
Valentina Kuznetsova ... assistant director
F. Soluyanov ... assistant director

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Vladimir Bogdankevich ... sound
Boris Volsky ... sound

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Viktor Dombrovsky ... director of photography: second unit

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Vladimir Lugovskoy ... lyricist
Abram Stasevich ... conductor

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Joseph Stalin ... commissioned by (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

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. Written by

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Also Known As
  • Ivane Mriskhane, natsili meore (Soviet Union, Georgian title)
  • Boyarsky zagovor (Soviet Union, Russian title)
  • Иван Грозный. Сказ второй: Боярский заговор (Soviet Union, Russian title)
  • Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (United States)
  • The Boyars' Plot (United States)
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  • 88 min
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Trivia This film was withheld by Soviet authorities by order of Joseph Stalin, since this film, dealing with Ivan's slide into madness and the tyranny of the Oprichnina, did not properly mythologize Ivan IV Grozny to Stalin's satisfaction. It was not finally released until 10 years after the deaths of director Sergei Eisenstein and Stalin. See more »
Goofs When Vladimir sits in drunken slumber on the Czar's throne, in the medium shots his head is leaning to his right, but in the long shot as Ivan approaches, it leans to his left. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Secret Life of Sergei Eisenstein (1987). See more »
Crazy Credits The main cast and their roles is read by the narrator with accompanied footage. See more »
Quotes Czar Ivan IV: From now on I will become the one you call me. I will become terrible.
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