cast
- Nikolai Cherkasov
- Ivan the Terrible
- Serafima Birman
- Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
- Pavel Kadochnikov
- Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
- Mikhail Zharov
- Malyuta Skuratov
- Mikhail A. Kuznetsov
- Fyodor
- Andrei Abrikosov
- Philip the Metropolitan (Fyodor Kolychev)
- Alexander Mgebrov
- Pimen the Bishop of Novgorod
- Vladimir Balashov
- Piotr Volynets
- Alexei Buchma
- Czar's Guard Alexei Basmanov
- Mikhail Nazvanov
- Prince Andrei Kubsky
- Pavel Massalsky
- Sigismund Augustus of Poland
- Ada Voitsik
- Yelena Glinskaya
crew
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Director, Producer, Screenwriter
- Andrei Moskvin
- Cinematographer
- Eduard K. Tissé
- Cinematographer
- Sergey Prokofiev
- Composer (Music Score)
- Isaac Shpinel
- Art Director, Costume Designer
- Charles Clement
- Costume Designer
