Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
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1h 39m
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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