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Ivan the Terrible, Part I

Set early in his reign, Ivan confronts betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people. Sergei Eisenstein's final film is the first part of a planned three-part biopic of Tsar Ivan IV. The trilogy was never completed: producers objected to Eisenstein's forbidden experimental techniques and excessive costs. Part II was finished but unreleased for a decade after his death, and Part III was halted in early filming.

Original title
Иван Грозный
Genre
Drama, History
Director
Sergei Eisenstein
Cast
Nikolai Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov, Mikhail Zharov, Amvrosii Buchma, Mikhail Kuznetsov, Pavel Kadochnikov, Andrei Abrikosov, Alexander Mgebrov, Maxim Mikhaylov, Vladimir Balashov, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Semyon Timoshenko, Aleksandr Rumnyov, Pavel Massalsky, Valentina Kuznetsova, Sergey Stolyarov, Anel Sudakevich, Lidiya Naumova
Country
Soviet Union
Studios
Mosfilm, TsOKS
Language
ru
Year
1944
Duration
95
Release date
1944-11-11
TMDB
7.300 · 240 votes
Status
Released
Collection
Ivan The Terrible Collection

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