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Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

7.3(185)19581h 22m2

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.

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Part of Ivan The Terrible Collection · 2 films
  • historical
  • medieval

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  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR10 Oct 1958
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical1 Jan 1959
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalM/164 Oct 1971
    • Theatricaldigitally restored version1 May 2016

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Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot was released on 10 October 1958.

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    CinemaSerf

    6/7/2022

    8/10

    Nikolay Cherkasov picks up well from where we left the first part of Sergei Eisenstein's depiction of the life and times of this infamous Russian Tsar. Having now established a bit of stability for his country, he now tries to hold onto it. He now tries to establish an army to cement his reign whilst his aunt Efrosinia (Serafima Birman) still promotes the interests of her son Vladimir (Pavel Kadochnikov). With the he…

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