An older tsar. His presumed abdication. The effort of boyars to convince him to remain in throne. His terrible condition. And oprichniki, death of adversaries, a new wife and the confession to metropolit about the intentions to impose order and peace , in not kind manner, to Russia.
In short, the tsar who you know and, in some measure, expected in series.
But , out of cliches, the portrait of ivan vasilievich is defined by the profound bitterness of to be lonely , a loneliness as gift of power.
The episode refers to a man in his top second half of life , ambitious, angry, conscient of his vulnerabilities, and the last scenes are the basic argument in this sense.
So, the familiar the Terrible.
In short, the tsar who you know and, in some measure, expected in series.
But , out of cliches, the portrait of ivan vasilievich is defined by the profound bitterness of to be lonely , a loneliness as gift of power.
The episode refers to a man in his top second half of life , ambitious, angry, conscient of his vulnerabilities, and the last scenes are the basic argument in this sense.
So, the familiar the Terrible.