Watch Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958) Online

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. Read More

Watch Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot online. Featuring Nikolai Cherkasov and Serafima Birman, Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot is classified as History and Drama genre movie with an average rating across the web of 7.3. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in Russia and was released on 1958. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot was directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin,Sergei Eisenstein. Read Less