Tsar

About Tsar

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.

Tsar is a 2009 history film directed by Pavel Lungin.

Pyotr Mamonov takes the lead as Иван Грозный, Oleg Yankovsky as метрополит Филипп, Alexandr Domogarov as Алексей Басманов, and Ivan Okhlobystin as Вассиан, царский шут. It runs 119 minutes and was released in November 2009.

The screenplay is by Aleksei Ivanov and Pavel Lungin.

TMDB voters put it at 6.0 out of 10 across 61 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.