axes!
What is Archbishop Pimen's man
doing amongst the servants?
Pimen assigned him to the
service of Vladimir Andreyevich
You lie... You won't
prove anything!
I will... I will
prove it to you!
You sit here celebrating
and you don't even know some
people want you out of the way
- Is that so?
- I swear it!
And who do they want
in my place?
You'd never guess!
I said to her: Who'd want
to be Tsar?
Plots... executions
As for me... I'm just a peaceful
man; all I ask of life is to
drink and live in peace
Indeed, who'd want to be Tsar?
The task is a heavy one!
That's exactly what I said
Why do I want to be Tsar?
But she insists
Take it... take the crown
Take the collar!
Take the collar...
Take the crown
Take it!
Take it! Why not?
Take it, cousin!
Bring the Tsar's regalia!
He likes it,
this lackey of the Poles!
The farce is over
Enough of this
ungodly revelry!
Brothers, let's address
ourselves to the Almighty!
Let us think upon our last hour!
Awake, my soul,
Awake
Lead us to the cathedral!
A Tsar does not draw back
The Tsar is always first
to enter!
Ivan is no more!
Good people, look!
Ivan is no more!
The brute is dead!
Russia shall flourish under
a boyar Tsar! Vladimir!
Holy Mother of God...
No!
Torture me!
Execute me!
You'll never make me speak!
I won't give anyone away
Why are you holding him?
It was not the Tsar he killed...
only the fool!
Let him go
And it was not only a fool
he killed
but the Tsar's worst enemy!
My grateful thanks!
As for her
They want to catch
and skin a beaver
And with its fur then to adorn
A kingly mantle for... for...
Tsar Vladimir
As for her...
A black beaver was bathing...
I swear before God
to accomplish
in Russia, my royal mission
to purge the Motherland
of her savage enemies
to shed with my own hands
the blood of the guilty
without mercy, either to myself
or others
For the sake of the great land
of Russia
A Tsar must always weigh
and assess
Mercy and gentleness
for the good
Cruelty and torment
for the wicked
A Tsar who hesitates in this
will never make a Tsar!
Today in Moscow,
we have struck down
the enemies
of Russian unity
My hands are free!
From now on the sword of justice
shall flash against those
who dare to oppose from without
the greatness of Russian might
We will not let Russia
be abused!Ivan the Terrible
Part two
The Boyars' Plot
Written and directed by
Sergei Eisenstein
This story about
Ivan the Terrible
the founder of
the Tsardom of Muscovy
tells of his struggle against
the foes of Russian unity
In the role of
Ivan the Terrible
Nikolai Cherkasov
The Oprichniki:
Malyuta Skuratov:
Mikhail Zharov
Alexei Basmanov:
Amvrosy Buchma
His son, Fyodor Basmanov:
Mikhail Kuznetsov
Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow
and of all the Russias
Andrei Abrikosov
Pimen, the Archbishop of Novgorod
Alexander Mgebrov
Pyotr Volynets:
Vladimir Balashov
Efrosinia Staritskaya,
the Tsar's aunt
Serafima Birman
Her son, Vladimir Staritsky:
Pavel Kadochnikov
Prince Andrei Mikhailovich
Kurbsky: Mikhail Nazvanov
Sigismund, King of Poland:
Pavel Massalsky
It is the year fifteen hundred
and sixty-four
the year in which the Tsar
formed his special bodyguard
the Oprichniki
The year in which Tsar Ivan
withdrew to Alexandrov
The year in which the people
organized a procession
to beg the Tsar to return
The year in which Prince Kurbsky
committed the base treachery
of surrendering
the Russian armies to the Poles
and transferred his allegiance
to King Sigismund
There are certain defeats
that are more resounding
than victories
The defeat of my Russian army
near Revel
will spark off the revolt
Tsar Ivan has fled the wrath
of the boyars
and taken refuge
in Alexandrov
The Moscow boyars,
the Kolychevs,
have managed to get some
messages through
The