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
Unfortunately the movie Tsar is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Pavel Lungin | Director |
Writing | Aleksei Ivanov | Screenplay |
Art | Sergey Ivanov | Production Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Ekaterina Dyminskaya | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Natalya Dzyubenko | Costume Design |
Art | Polina Gavrilova | Set Designer |
Editing | Albina Antipenko | Editor |
Production | Pavel Lungin | Producer |
Production | Vasily Bernhardt | Producer |
Production | Olga Vasilyeva | Producer |
Writing | Pavel Lungin | Screenplay |
Camera | Tom Stern | Director of Photography |
Costume & Make-Up | Valeriya Nikulina | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Irina Ulyanova | Makeup Artist |
Sound | Stéphane Albinet | Sound Director |
Directing | Nathalia Lyashenko | Assistant Director |
Production | Tatyana Maksakova | Casting Director |
Camera | Oleg Topoev | Additional Director of Photography |
Camera | Ivan Mamonov | Additional Director of Photography |
Crew | Alex Silkin | Stunt Coordinator |
Sound | Yuri Krasavin | Original Music Composer |