Is Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot scary?

Yes. More frightening than 87% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 68% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

Name: Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1958
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Nikolai Cherkasov, Serafima Birman, Pavel Kadochnikov, Mikhail Zharov, Amvrosii Buchma

Directed by Sergei Eisenstein

Produced by Mosfilm, TsOKS

195882 min7.4 / 10

A visually experimental, politically fraught historical epic about power consolidation and court intrigue, marked by Eisenstein's avant-garde techniques and the paranoia of autocratic rule.

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.

Clusters

Conspiracy Thrillers Medieval Period Historical Events & Legacy

Genres

History Drama

Keywords

Historical Medieval

Questions people ask

Is Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.
Does Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.
Is Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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