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.
Writing | Aleksei Ivanov | Screenplay |
Directing | Pavel Lungin | Director |
Art | Polina Gavrilova | Set Designer |
Costume & Make-Up | Natalya Dzyubenko | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Ekaterina Dyminskaya | Costume Design |
Editing | Albina Antipenko | Editor |
Art | Sergey Ivanov | Production Design |
Production | Vasily Bernhardt | Producer |
Writing | Pavel Lungin | Screenplay |
Production | Pavel Lungin | Producer |
Production | Olga Vasilyeva | Producer |
Camera | Tom Stern | Director of Photography |
Directing | Nathalia Lyashenko | Assistant Director |
Costume & Make-Up | Irina Ulyanova | Makeup Artist |
Camera | Ivan Mamonov | Additional Director of Photography |
Crew | Alex Silkin | Stunt Coordinator |
Sound | Stéphane Albinet | Sound Director |
Production | Tatyana Maksakova | Casting Director |
Costume & Make-Up | Valeriya Nikulina | Makeup Artist |
Camera | Oleg Topoev | Additional Director of Photography |
Sound | Yuri Krasavin | Original Music Composer |