Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot 1958
7.3 /10
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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Czar Ivan IV
Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
Nikolay the Fanatic
Fyodor Basmanov
Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
Archbishop Philip (formerly Fyodor Kolychev)
Pyotr Volynets
Ivan IV as a boy
Prince Andrei Kurbsky
King Sigismund of Poland
Elena Glinskaya, Ivan's Mother
The Stranger (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Kaspar von Oldenbock, Livonian Ambassador (uncredited)
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THE GOOD:
First off the action in this movie is amazing, to buildings crumbling, to evil blue eyed robots tearing stuff up, this movie has the action perfectly handled. And with that action comes visuals. The visuals are really good, even though you can see clearly where they are through the movie, but that doesn't detract from the experience. While all the CGI glory is taking place, there are lovable characters that are in the mix. First off the original characters, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, are just as brilliant as they are always. And Joss Whedon fixed my main problem in the first Avengers by putting in more Hawkeye and him more fleshed out. Then there is the new Avengers, Quicksilver, Scarletwich, and Vision, they are pretty cool in my opinion. Vision in particular is pretty amazing in all his scenes.
THE BAD:
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Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
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Director
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Editor
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Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Makeup Artist
Production Design
Cast
Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
Nikolay the Fanatic
Fyodor Basmanov
Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
Archbishop Philip (formerly Fyodor Kolychev)
Pyotr Volynets
Ivan IV as a boy
Prince Andrei Kurbsky
King Sigismund of Poland
Elena Glinskaya, Ivan's Mother
The Stranger (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Kaspar von Oldenbock, Livonian Ambassador (uncredited)
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