← Back to Movies

Ivan the Terrible, Part One

Cast

Nikolai Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov View All

Crew

Sergei Eisenstein (Director), Sergei Eisenstein (Writer) View All

Release: Jan. 20th, 1945

Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes

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...

Replies Discussions

We didn't find any linked discussions for this film. Here are the results of a quick search of possibly related threads:

8 Terrible, Terrible Glitter

It's almost sad how terrible Glitter is doing in the box office. But then again, everyone with popularity and money thinks they can make a movie, regardless of their acting skills or lack there of. ...

11 R.I.P. Ivan Reitman

R.I.P. ...

1 Ivan's Childhood (1962)

My take for what it's worth An effective use of imagery in this sort of war movie, there are no actual battle scenes but the whole movie is permeated by the war. We see the downed planes and bombed...

17 Director Tribute: Ivan Reitman

In tribute to Mr. Reitman (this February marks the anniversary of his passing), I'll post brief opinions here regarding his films as I go through them. Frankly I'd seen 2-3 of his films prior to this...

11 What do you guys think is better: the Godfather part 1 or part 2?

for me, i'll have to go with part 2. i don't know why but i like it way more than the first one...

Reviewed by

There are currently no reviews of this film.

Favorited