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11/11/1944 Drama, History 1h 35m
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Overview

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.

  1. Sergei Eisenstein

    Writer, Director

Top billed cast

  1. Nikolai Cherkasov

    Czar Ivan IV

  2. Lyudmila Tselikovskaya

    Czarina Anastasia Romanovna

  3. Serafima Birman

    Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya

  4. Mikhail Nazvanov

    Prince Andrei Kurbsky

  5. Mikhail Zharov

    Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov

  6. Amvrosii Buchma

    Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov

  7. Mikhail Kuznetsov

    Fyodor Basmanov

  8. Pavel Kadochnikov

    Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky

  9. Andrei Abrikosov

    Boyar Fyodor Kolychev

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-06
Nikolay Cherkasov is superb in this speculative biopic of the infamous Tsar of all the Russias. Made towards the end of the Second World War, Sergei Eisenstein manages to create a magnificent depiction of just how this often barbaric, but actually rather shrewd and intelligent 16th century monarch inherited and retained his throne despite plots and intrigues from his court, his people, his nobles - basically, just about everyone. His goal? Well that is presented in an almost Stalinist style. To unite the Russian peoples and to protect them from the oppression of those who would invade their la...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Russian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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