Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people. Sergei Eisenstein's final film, this is the first part of a three-part biopic of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, which was never completed due to the producer's dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's attempts to use forbidden experimental filming techniques and excessive cost overruns. The second part was completed but not released for a decade after Eisenstein's death and a change of heart in the USSR government toward his work; the third part was only in its earliest stage of filming when shooting was stopped altogether.
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Stars:
- Sergei Eisenstein
Writing:
- Sergei Eisenstein
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Release Date: 1944-11-11
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- Country: SU
- Language: Pусский
- Runtime: 95
Boyar Fyodor Kolychev
Czar Ivan IV
Fyodor Basmanov
Czarina Anastasia Romanovna
Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
Prince Andrei Kurbsky
Nikola, Simpleton Beggar
Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
Archdeacon
The Stranger
Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
Piotr Volynetz
Sigismond, King of Poland
(uncredited)
