Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
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.
Year: 1958
Director: Sergei Eisenstein
Cast: Nikolai Cherkasov, Serafima Birman, Pavel Kadochnikov, Mikhail Zharov, Amvrosi Buchma, Vsevolod Pudovkin
Crew: Sergei Eisenstein (Writer), Sergei Eisenstein (Director), Sergei Prokofiev (Original Music Composer), Sergei Eisenstein (Producer), Esfir Tobak (Editor), Yosyp Shpinel (Art Direction)
Runtime: 82 minutes
Release: Oct 10, 1958
IMDb: 7.33/10 by 147 users
Popularity: 8
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Pусский
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : historical, medieval
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