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Ivan the Terrible, Part I

Original title: Ivan Groznyy
  • 19441944
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 35m
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Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
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During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.
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    • Sergei Eisenstein
    • Sergei Eisenstein
  • Stars
    • Nikolay Cherkasov
    • Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
    • Serafima Birman
    • Sergei Eisenstein
    • Sergei Eisenstein
  • Stars
    • Nikolay Cherkasov
    • Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
    • Serafima Birman
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    • 61User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
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    Nikolay Cherkasov and Lyudmila Tselikovskaya in Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
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    Nikolay Cherkasov
    Nikolay Cherkasov
    • Czar Ivan IV
    Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
    Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
    • Czarina Anastasia Romanovna
    Serafima Birman
    Serafima Birman
    • Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
    Mikhail Nazvanov
    Mikhail Nazvanov
    • Prince Andrei Kurbsky
    Mikhail Zharov
    Mikhail Zharov
    • Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
    Amvrosi Buchma
    Amvrosi Buchma
    • Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
    Mikhail Kuznetsov
    Mikhail Kuznetsov
    • Fyodor Basmanov
    Pavel Kadochnikov
    Pavel Kadochnikov
    • Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
    Andrei Abrikosov
    Andrei Abrikosov
    • Boyar Fyodor Kolychev
    Aleksandr Mgebrov
    • Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
    Maksim Mikhaylov
    • Archdeacon
    Vladimir Balashov
    Vladimir Balashov
    • Piotr Volynetz
    Vsevolod Pudovkin
    Vsevolod Pudovkin
    • Nikola, Simpleton Beggar
    Semyon Timoshenko
    • Kaspar von Oldenbock, Livonian ambassador
    Aleksandr Rumnev
    • The Stranger
    • (as Aleksandr Rumnyov)
    Pavel Massalsky
    Pavel Massalsky
    • Sigismond - King of Poland
    Yuri Pomerantsev
    Ada Voytsik
    Ada Voytsik
    • Elena Glinskaya
      • Sergei Eisenstein
      • Sergei Eisenstein
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    • Trivia
      Last movie directed and completed by Sergei Eisenstein.
    • Goofs
      After Anastasia's death, when discussing the Livonian war the "only" son of the Czar is mentioned. Howevefr at the time Ivan had two sons, Feodor, who became Czar Feodor I of Russia, and also Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich.
    • Quotes

      Czar Ivan IV: Those who tore down the bells without Czar's permission, those by Czar's command get torn down the heads for not too long.

    • Crazy credits
      All the credits are showed in front of a fire smoke.
    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)

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    Ivan the Terrible -- Pure Genius, but not light watching
    Ivan the Terrible, Parts One and Two are films when combined) are in the top ten films of all time, and are of enormous genius, but because of this are not easy to digest. The story of the tortured Ivan the Terrible, first Czar of Russia, from boyhood to near the end of his czarhood, it was filmed with extravagated acting, and each scene having multiple symbolic interpretations. For example, all the main characters or groups of characters are portrayed with the characteristics of animals, Ivan the Terrible being a bird. The cinematography is brilliant, and strangely beautiful, relying on parallels, and close ups of the characters (this is among the first films to have this technique, now one of the most common cinematography techniques). Because this film is such a classic, it will make watchers review it, and think on the film itself. As such, it is not "light" watching. It is most definitely one of the greatest films of all time, and is worth the time without question. Do not be held back by the black and white or that it is in Russian. Also, watch both Part One, and Part Two, they were meant to work off each other. The DVD contains what remains of the incomplete Part Three, which the director Sergei Ensenstein did not finish. When told by phone that Stalin would not allow for Part Two to be distributed in Russia and be vaulted due to it's anti-Communistic implications, Ensenstien hung up the phone, and promptly died by heart attack, leaving a trilogy without its ending.
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    • Release date
      • March 8, 1947 (United States)
      • Soviet Union
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Alma-Aty, Kazhachstan
    • Production companies
      • Mosfilm
      • Tsentralnuyu Obedinyonnuyu Kinostudiyu (TsOKS)
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    • 1 hour 35 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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