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Erik Pyryev

Erik Pyryev

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Biography

Son of director Ivan Pyryev and actress Ada Voytsik, in 1954 he graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University. He filmed the musical monograph "Dunajevsky's Melodies". He was the second director in the movies "Our mutual friend" and "Man without a passport". Unfortunately, he didn't make it anymore. Died at age 39. According to one version, he had a weak heart.

Known For

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
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This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the behest of Josef Stalin. Production of the epic was stopped before the third part could be filmed, due to producer dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's introducing forbidden experimental filming techniques into the material, more evident in this part than the first part. As it was, this second part was banned from showings until after the deaths of both Eisenstein and Stalin, and a change of attitude by the subsequent heads of the Soviet government. In this part, as Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate him.

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

1958Movie