Tsar Ivan Vasilevich The Terrible (1915)

Tsar Ivan Vasilevich The Terrible

1915

Drama History

Synopsis

This film was a true peculiarity, a filmed version of the great Feodor Chaliapin in one of his most famous roles; the fact that it was a silent film, with title cards, meant that audiences could only appreciate his acting. Another curiosity is that the film also included a minor role enacted by Richard Boleslavsky, who in 1932 directed “Rasputin and the Empress.”(9)

Credits

Director

Aleksandr Ivanov-Gai

Cast

Boris Sushkevich as Malyuta Skuratov

E. Korsak as Perfilyevna

Feodor Chaliapin Sr. as tsar Ivan IV the Terrible

Glafira Chernova as Vera Sheloga

Mikhail Zharov as Soldier

Nikolai Saltykov as Tucha

Richard Boleslawski as Prince Vyazemskiy

Vladimir Bazilevskiy as Boris Godunov