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Ivan the Terrible

DocumentaryHistory
6.5·2014·0h 52m

Ivan, first tsar of Russia. History will remember him as "the Terrible. Russian people love him for centuries. He liberates Russia from foreign oppres...

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Anton Uspensky

Anton Uspensky

Tsar Ivan IV

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Erik Schäffler

Self - Narrator

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Axel Petermann

Self - Criminologist

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Heidi Kastner

Self - Criminal Psychiatrist

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Andreas Kappeler

Self - Historian

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Maureen Perrie

Self - Historian

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Vladimir Jarish

Self - Birch Bark Craftsman

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Sergey Troyanov

Self - Archaeologist

DIRECTOR

Peter Moers

OVERVIEW

Ivan, first tsar of Russia. History will remember him as "the Terrible. Russian people love him for centuries. He liberates Russia from foreign oppressors, demands absolute obedience and loyalty in order to radically modernise Russia? Ivan IV, Grand Duke of Moscow, first Tsar of Russia by the grace of God. A madman? A sadist?