Tsar Ivan the Terrible [Car' Ivan Groznyj], 1991

Tsar Ivan the Terrible | Car' Ivan Groznyj

Year		1991
Country		Russia
Director		Gennadij Vasil'ev
Screenwriter		Valentin Ezhov Gennadij Vasil'ev Aleksej Tolstoj
Producer		Ismail Tagi-zade
Operator		Boris Bondarenko
Composer		Aleksej Rybnikov
Artist		Stalen Volkov
Genre		Drama [play] History
Duration		133 min. / 02:13
Actors		Kahi Kavsadze Igor' Tal'kov Larisa Shahvorostova Stanislav Lubshin Andrej Martynov Andrej Sokolov Dmitrij Pisarenko Andrej Tolubeev Nikolaj Kruchkov Vladimir Antonik
Rating		7.10 / 10 [votes: 117]
IMDB Rating		6.80 / 10 [votes: 26]

The reign of Ivan the Terrible - this time, fame, luxury and cruelty, perversion of all kinds, lowliness virtue, and betrayal becoming the rule. But even then there were nights Russian people as Prince Silver and Morozov.

Fragment from the film "Tsar Ivan the Terrible"

Review

And here is a film about Ivan the Terrible. Moreover, according to "Silver Prince". I love this story, and watched with great interest this screen version (there is a second, it still was not looking).

In the film two minuses. With that, the film perfectly revealed almost all the images, the image of the king is "swimming". Whether nedoprodumali interpretation, whether the actor implementation problems directing task. Half of the phrases he utters not the tone, sometimes the motivation for his actions is extremely vague, and even incomprehensible, he served there as a mentally ill person, or is that his vision - just a dream or a metaphor. The second disadvantage - lack of whole idea is just filming the story of Tolstoy. "Duplicity," the king and fool for a full idea still does not pull.


It seems to be seriously flawed, but still I liked the movie.

The story, with the exception of the final, recorded a surprisingly complete (minus a couple of scenes). No special stupidities, sets and costumes did not look cheap, and the film is surprisingly not boring. The plot is a good story, and here it is not spoiled. About the book a little more openness in the "seamy": rioting guardsmen here more directly shown.

The second role Kavsadze was given to him somehow better than the first, whacky get his touching and sincere.

Fedor Basmanov success. And Tolstoy is quite transparent hints that a relationship with him in Grozny, but here at all in plain text. The only thing that sorry, missed the fact that for all that Basmanov brave soldier, and not just "in Baby annuals" much dancing. Actor - handsome, great eyes, the operator does not hesitate to take a look, and played well: there is no love on either side not, Fedor is trying to manipulate the king for corrupt purposes, not very skillfully, until recently, not realizing that his beauty and skill in the pleasures for Ivan - a toy that has long tired, and just a habit established relationships postpones the inevitable disgrace. Alas, the acting duo with Kavsadze then somehow does not add up, that is clearly not interested in this facet of his image, despite the fact that the screen time given to Basmanova except that slightly less than silver.

"Druzhina" is good too - kind of a true nobleman, this noble old Russian suit. One of the most striking episodes - an attempt to break his Grozny, wearing a clown suit. When the lord of silence is menacing, then casually throws his hat, looking into the eyes of the king and begins to scold him outwardly calm ... I was filled.


I liked very amorous dreams Duke Silver, which in the original was not. But in vain! Lover can not dream of the beloved, and at every opportunity. And then there's separation ...

Final evidence preserved, but psychologically - no. Silver Book, a very simple and gentle, shows himself a true fatalist, and in the film - is very worried. I can not say it - lack.

While filming in front of us the classics, the film is clearly not meant to be high art, which is very good. The result was normal such drama on a historical theme. But here's the image of the Terrible led, yes ... maybe in the next screening is better?