Nikolai Cherkasov
Czar Ivan IV
Acting
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
Czarina Anastasia Romanovna
Acting
Serafima Birman
Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
Acting
Mikhail Nazvanov
Prince Andrei Kurbsky
Acting
Mikhail Zharov
Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
Acting
Amvrosi Buchma
Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
Acting
Mikhail Kuznetsov
Fyodor Basmanov
Acting
Pavel Kadochnikov
Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
Acting
Andrei Abrikosov
Boyar Fyodor Kolychev
Acting
Alexander Mgebrov
Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
Acting
Maxim Mikhaylov
Archdeacon
Acting
Vladimir Balashov
Piotr Volynetz
Acting
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Nikola, Simpleton Beggar
Directing
Semyon Timoshenko
Kaspar von Oldenbock, Livonian Ambassador
Directing
Aleksandr Rumnyov
The Stranger
Acting
Pavel Massalsky
Sigismond, King of Poland
Acting
Valentina Kuznetsova
Smiling Woman in the Church (uncredited)
Directing
Sergei Stolyarov
(uncredited)
Acting
Anel Sudakevich
Sigismond's court lady
Acting