Ivan, first tsar of Russia. History will remember him as "the Terrible. Russian people love him for centuries. He liberates Russia from foreign oppressors, demands absolute obedience and loyalty in order to radically modernise Russia? Ivan IV, Grand Duke of Moscow, first Tsar of Russia by the grace of God. A madman? A sadist?
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- Moers Media
Keywords
- monk
- czar / tsar / tzar
- russian orthodox church
- portrait
- reenactment
- mutilation
- russian history
- death of wife
- mongol empire
- river volga
- reign of terror
- mass execution
- boyar
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Anton Uspensky as Tsar Ivan IV
Erik Schäffler as Self - Narrator
Axel Petermann as Self - Criminologist
Heidi Kastner as Self - Criminal Psychiatrist
Andreas Kappeler as Self - Historian
Maureen Perrie as Self - Historian
Vladimir Jarish as Self - Birch Bark Craftsman
Sergey Troyanov as Self - Archaeologist
Top Crew
Peter Moers · Director, Writer
Mark Broszeit · Editor
Anna-Lena Maul · Producer
Evgeny Rudnii · Producer
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