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

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NR 1 hr 22 minOct 10th, 1958Drama, HistoryIvan The Terrible Collection PosterPart of Ivan The Terrible Collection
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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.
StarringNikolai CherkasovSerafima BirmanPavel Kadochnikov
DirectorSergei Eisenstein
WriterSergei Eisenstein

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Theatrical Release:October 10th, 1958
Original Language:Russian
Production Companies:Mosfilm, TsOKS
Movie Tags:
historicalmedieval

Ivan The Terrible Collection

A two-part historical epic film about Ivan IV of Russia made by Russian director Sergei Eisenstein. Part 1 was released in 1944 but Part 2 was not released until 1958 due to political censorship. The films were originally planned as part of a trilogy, but Eisenstein died before filming of the third part could be finished.