Sergei M. Eisenstein Director, Screenwriter Nikolay Cherkasov Czar Ivan IV Actor Mikhail Zharov Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov Actor Amvrosi Buchma Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov Actor Mikhail Kuznetsov Fyodor Basmanov Actor Andrei Abrikosov Boyar Fyodor Kolychev Actor Aleksandr Mgebrov Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen Actor Vladimir Balashov Piotr Volynetz Actor Serafina Birman Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya Actor Pavel Kadochnikov Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky Actor Pavel Massalsky Sigismond Actor