Tsar
2009 · Movie · 116 min. · Russia
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.
Direction Pavel Lungin
Cast Pyotr Mamonov · Oleg Yankovskiy · Ramilya Iskander · Anastasiya Dontsova · Aleksei Frandetti · Aleksandr Domogarov · Ville Haapasalo · Aleksandr Ilyin · Ivan Okhlobystin · Aleksey Makarov · Yuri Kuznetsov · Artyom Mazunov · Aleksandr Negodailov
Soundtrack Yuri Krasavin
Screenplay Aleksei Ivanov
Cinematography Tom Stern
Original title Tsar
6.4
119 votes (FilmAffinity)
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