Tsar (film)
Encyclopedia
Tsar is a 2009 Russian drama film
directed by Pavel Lungin
. It competed in the Un Certain Regard
section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival
.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Pavel Lungin
Pavel Lungin
Pavel Semyonovich Lungin is a Russian film director. He is sometimes credited as Pavel Loungine .Born July 12, 1949 in Moscow, Lungin is the son of a scriptwriter and philologist. He later attended Moscow State University from which he graduated in 1971...
. It competed in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival
2009 Cannes Film Festival
The 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival was held from May 13 to May 24, 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert was the President of the Jury. It was announced on March 19, 2009, that Pixar's film Up would open the festival...
.
Cast
- Pyotr MamonovPyotr MamonovPyotr Nikolayevich Mamonov is a Russian rock musician, songwriter and actor, former frontman of the Moscow band Zvuki Mu.Mamonov was one of the few rock musicians from former USSR who managed to achieve recognition abroad, through his collaboration with Brian Eno in the late 1980s...
- Ivan The TerribleIvan IV of RussiaIvan IV Vasilyevich , known in English as Ivan the Terrible , was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 until his death. His long reign saw the conquest of the Khanates of Kazan, Astrakhan, and Siberia, transforming Russia into a multiethnic and multiconfessional state spanning almost one billion acres,... - Oleg Yankovskiy - Metropolitan Philip Kolychev
- Anastasiya Dontsova - Masha
- Aleksandr DomogarovAleksandr DomogarovAleksandr Domogarov is a Russian actor known for playing historical roles.Aleksandr Domogarov was born in 1963 in Moscow, USSR . He went to school from 1970 to 1980 and was planning to become an engineer. However he soon discovered it was not his profession and went into the Maly Theatre school...
- Aleksei Basmanov - Aleksandr Ilyin - Fedka Basmanov
- Ramilya Iskander - Maria Temryukovna
- Ville HaapasaloVille HaapasaloVille Haapasalo is an acclaimed stage and film actor in Finland and Russia. His acting career started in 1995, after finishing studying in St. Petersburg. In 2001, Ville Haapasalo was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation for his star-making turns in the films of...
- Heinrich von StadenHeinrich von StadenHeinrich von Staden was a self-proclaimed "adventurer in Muscovy" and wrote of his accounts at the court of Ivan IV from 1578-1582.- Early life :... - Aleksei Frandetti - Kai-Bulat
- Ivan OkhlobystinIvan OkhlobystinIvan Ivanovich Okhlobystin is a Russian actor, director and screenwriter. Besides he is an Russian Orthodox priest . He became popular for his role as head of the therapy department in a medical sitcom "Interny"...
- Vassian - Yuri Kuznetsov - Malyuta SkuratovMalyuta SkuratovGrigory Lukyanovich Skuratov-Belskiy , better known as Malyuta Skuratov was one of the most odious leaders of the Oprichnina during the reign of Ivan the Terrible....
- Aleksei Makarov - General Kolychev