Tsar

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 MamonovИван Грозный

Oleg Yankovskiyметрополит Филипп

Alexandr DomogarovАлексей Басманов

Ivan OkhlobystinВассиан, царский шут

Yuriy KuznetsovМалюта Скуратов

Aleksey Makarovвоевода Колычев

Aleksandr Ilyin JrФедька Басманов

Ville HaapasaloГенрих Штаден

Aleksey FrandettiКай-Булат

Ramilya IskanderМария Темрюковна

Anastasiya DontsovaМаша

Maxim ZamorinОвчина

Anvar Khalilulaevметрополит Филипп в детстве

Oleg Surnovнищий

Anna Kashnikova