Tsar
119 mins
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
Maxim Zamorin
Овчина
Ekaterina Dyminskaya
Costume Design
Natalya Dzyubenko
Costume Design
Albina Antipenko
Editor
Vasily Bernhardt
Producer
Olga Vasilyeva
Producer
Valeriya Nikulina
Makeup Artist
Irina Ulyanova
Makeup Artist
Stéphane Albinet
Sound Director
Nathalia Lyashenko
Assistant Director
Oleg Topoev
Additional Director of Photography
Alex Silkin
Stunt Coordinator
