Tsar
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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
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Edited by Albina AntipenkoShot by Tom SternScored by Yury Krasavin
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2009 · Box office
Produced on a $15.0M budget
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$15.0M
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- Car'it
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18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Pyotr Mamonov
as Ivan The Terrible
Oleg Yankovskiy
as Metropolitanate Philipp
Ramilya Iskander
as Mariya Temryukovna
Anastasiya Dontsova
as Masha
Aleksandr Domogarov
as Aleksei Basmanov
Aleksandr Ilin
as Fedka Basmanov
Ville Haapasalo
as Heinrich Staden
Aleksey Frandetti
as Kai-Bulat
Ivan Okhlobystin
as Vassian
Yuriy Kuznetsov
as Malyuta Skuratov
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