Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)

Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)

1944-11-11 Soviet Union 95 Min. PG-13
7.3 195 votes

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.

Cast

Николай Черкасов is Czar Ivan IV
Czar Ivan IV
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya is Czarina Anastasia Romanovna
Czarina Anastasia Romanovna
Serafima Birman is Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
Михаил Названов is Prince Andrei Kurbsky
Prince Andrei Kurbsky
Михаил Жаров is Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
Amvrosi Buchma is Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
Михаил Кузнецов is Fyodor Basmanov
Fyodor Basmanov
Павел Кадочников is Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
Андрей Абрикосов is Boyar Fyodor Kolychev
Boyar Fyodor Kolychev
Alexander Mgebrov is Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
Maxim Mikhaylov is Archdeacon
Archdeacon
Владимир Балашов is Piotr Volynetz
Piotr Volynetz

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