Nikolai Cherkasov
Czar Ivan IV
Acting
Serafima Birman
Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
Acting
Pavel Kadochnikov
Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
Acting
Mikhail Zharov
Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
Acting
Amvrosi Buchma
Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
Acting
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Nikolay the Fanatic
Directing
Mikhail Kuznetsov
Fyodor Basmanov
Acting
Alexander Mgebrov
Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
Acting
Andrei Abrikosov
Archbishop Philip (formerly Fyodor Kolychev)
Acting
Vladimir Balashov
Pyotr Volynets
Acting
Eric Pyryev
Ivan IV as a boy
Acting
Mikhail Nazvanov
Prince Andrei Kurbsky
Acting
Pavel Massalsky
King Sigismund of Poland
Acting
Ada Vojtsik
Elena Glinskaya, Ivan's Mother
Acting
Aleksandr Rumnyov
The Stranger (uncredited)
Acting
Sergei Stolyarov
(uncredited)
Acting
Semyon Timoshenko
Kaspar von Oldenbock, Livonian Ambassador (uncredited)
Directing