This film was a true peculiarity, a filmed version of the great Feodor Chaliapin in one of his most famous roles; the fact that it was a silent film, with title cards, meant that audiences could only appreciate his acting. Another curiosity is that the film also included a minor role enacted by Richard Boleslavsky, who in 1932 directed “Rasputin and the Empress.”(9)
as tsar Ivan IV the Terrible
as Olga
as Tucha
as Vera Sheloga
as Perfilyevna
as Boris Godunov
as Prince Vyazemskiy
as Malyuta Skuratov
as Soldier
as Soldier
