Prince Andrei Kurbsky — Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Mikhail Nazvanov

Appears in

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)

Role

Minor

Relationships (2)

• Prince Andrei Kurbsky — Conflict Political Adversary — Czar Ivan IV (Nikolai Cherkasov)

  Kurbsky's defection represents a direct political and military challenge to Ivan's rule.

  The plot states that Prince Andrei Kurbsky surrendered the Russian army to the Poles and transferred his allegiance away from Czar Ivan IV.

• Prince Andrei Kurbsky — Alliance Political Ally — King Sigismund of Poland (Pavel Massalsky)

  Kurbsky becomes aligned with Sigismund against Ivan's authority.

  Prince Andrei Kurbsky is said to have transferred his allegiance to King Sigismund of Poland after surrendering the Russian army.

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• Czar Ivan IV (Nikolai Cherkasov)
• Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya (Serafima Birman)
• Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky (Pavel Kadochnikov)
• Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov (Mikhail Zharov)
• Ivan IV as a boy (Erik Pyryev)
• Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov (Amvrosii Buchma)
• (uncredited) (Sergey Stolyarov)
• Nikolay the Fanatic (Vsevolod Pudovkin)
• Kaspar von Oldenbock, Livonian Ambassador (uncredited) (Semyon Timoshenko)
• Lady from Sigismund's court (Evgenia Bagorskaya)
• Elena Glinskaya, Ivan's Mother (Ada Vojtsik)
• King Sigismund of Poland (Pavel Massalsky)