Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

1958, 1h 22min -

Navigating the deadly waters of Stalinist politics, Eisenstein was able to film two parts of his planned trilogy about the troubled sixteenth-century tsar who united Russia. Visually stunning and powerfully acted, IVAN THE TERRIBLE charts the rise to power and descent into terror of this veritable dictator. Though pleased with the first installment, Stalin detected the portrait in the second film, with its summary executions and secret police, and promptly banned it. Show more

"Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot" — movie produced in Soviet Union and released in 1958. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.7 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 22min. "Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel. Click on a playlink to watch it now!