Characters played by Nikolay Cherkasov
Czar Ivan IV
Characters played by Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
Czarina Anastasia Romanovna
Characters played by Serafima Birman
Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
Characters played by Mikhail Nazvanov
Prince Andrei Kurbsky
Characters played by Mikhail Zharov
Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
Characters played by Amvrosi Buchma
Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
Characters played by Mikhail Kuznetsov
Fyodor Basmanov
Characters played by Pavel Kadochnikov
Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
Characters played by Andrei Abrikosov
Boyar Fyodor Kolychev
Characters played by Aleksandr Mgebrov
Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
Characters played by Maksim Mikhaylov
Archdeacon
Characters played by Vladimir Balashov
Piotr Volynetz
Characters played by Vsevolod Pudovkin
Nikola
Simpleton Beggar
Characters played by Semyon Timoshenko
Kaspar von Oldenbock
Livonian ambassador
Characters played by Aleksandr Rumnev
The Stranger
Characters played by Pavel Massalsky
Sigismond - King of Poland
Characters played by Yuri Pomerantsev
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Characters played by Ada Voytsik
Elena Glinskaya
Characters played by Valentina Kuznetsova
Smiling Woman in the Church
Characters played by Sergey Stolyarov
(uncredited)