Ivan the Terrible, Part I

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

Directed by Sergei Eisenstein • 1944 • Soviet Union
Starring Nikolai Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman

Navigating the deadly waters of Stalinist politics, Eisenstein was able to film two parts of his planned trilogy about the troubled sixteenth-century tsar who united Russia. Visually stunning and powerfully acted, IVAN THE TERRIBLE charts the rise to power and descent into terror of this veritable dictator. Though pleased with the first installment, Stalin detected the portrait in the second film, with its summary executions and secret police, and promptly banned it.

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Ivan the Terrible, Part I
  • Ivan the Terrible, Part I
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    Ivan the Terrible, Part I

    Ivan the Terrible, Part I

    Directed by Sergei Eisenstein • 1944 • Soviet Union
    Starring Nikolai Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman

    Navigating the deadly waters of Stalinist politics, Eisenstein was able to film two parts of his planned trilogy about the troubled sixteenth-century tsar who united Russia. Vi...

Extras

  • The History of Ivan
    37:49
    The History of Ivan

    The History of Ivan

    Associate Professor of Russian History at the University of Texas at Austin, Joan Neuberger draws on her extensive archival research for this multimedia essay. In it, she examines the complex, nuanced relationship between Eisenstein and Stalinism through IVAN THE TERRIBLE’s use of medieval Russia...

  • IVAN THE TERRIBLE Deleted Scenes
    33:05
    IVAN THE TERRIBLE Deleted Scenes

    IVAN THE TERRIBLE Deleted Scenes

    Edited and narrated by Naum Kleiman, curator of Moscow’s Eisenstein Museum, this video piece combines rare footage of Eisenstein, screen and costume tests, and drawings of several deleted scenes from IVAN THE TERRIBLE. These include scenes from Part I’s Battle of Kazan sequence, as well as one fr...

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