In 16th-century Russia in the grip of chaos, Ivan the Terrible strongly believes he is vested with a holy mission. Believing he can understand and interpret the signs, he sees the Last Judgment approaching. He establishes absolute power, cruelly destroying anyone who gets in his way. During this reign of terror, Philip, the superior of the monastery on the Solovetsky Islands, a great scholar and Ivan's close friend, dares to oppose the sovereign's mystical tyranny. What follows is a clash between two completely opposite visions of the world, smashing morality and justice, God and men. A grand-scale film with excellent leading roles by Mamonov and Yankovsky. An allegory of Stalinist Russia
Cast
Pyotr Mamonov
Иван Грозный
Oleg Yankovskiy
метрополит Филипп
Alexandr Domogarov
Алексей Басманов
Ivan Okhlobystin
Вассиан, царский шут
Yuriy Kuznetsov
Малюта Скуратов
Aleksey Makarov
воевода Колычев
Aleksandr Ilyin Jr
Федька Басманов
Ville Haapasalo
Генрих Штаден
Aleksey Frandetti
Кай-Булат
Ramilya Iskander
Мария Темрюковна
Anastasiya Dontsova
Маша
Maxim Zamorin
Овчина
Anvar Khalilulaev
метрополит Филипп в детстве
Oleg Surnov
нищий
Anna Kashnikova
Unknown
Gennady Makoev
Unknown
Oleg Sokolov
Unknown
Sergey Garmash
дикторский текст, озвучка
Alexey Ilyin
Unknown
Artyom Mazunov
Unknown
Yuriy Sokolov
воевода Шуйский
Aleksandr Lobanov
Unknown
Evgeniya Shevchenko
Unknown
medved Stepa
Unknown
Федор Старых
Unknown
Elena Akimova
Unknown
Gennadiy Garbuk
Unknown
Mariya Markova
Unknown
Svetlana Zhilenko
Unknown
Crew
Pavel Lungin
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Aleksei Ivanov
Screenplay
Albina Antipenko
Editor
Tom Stern
Director of Photography
Ivan Mamonov
Additional Director of Photography
Oleg Topoev
Additional Director of Photography
Nathalia Lyashenko
Assistant Director
Vasily Bernhardt
Producer
Olga Vasilyeva
Producer
Sergey Ivanov
Production Design
Tatyana Maksakova
Casting Director
Natalya Dzyubenko
Costume Design
Ekaterina Dyminskaya
Costume Design
Irina Ulyanova
Makeup Artist
Valeriya Nikulina
Makeup Artist
Stéphane Albinet
Sound Director
Yuri Krasavin
Original Music Composer
Polina Gavrilova
Set Designer
Aleksey Silkin
Stunt Coordinator
