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Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)

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.
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Sergei Eisenstein profile
Sergei Eisenstein

Director

Cast

Nikolai Cherkasov profile
Nikolai Cherkasov

Czar Ivan IV

Lyudmila Tselikovskaya profile
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya

Czarina Anastasia Romanovna

Serafima Birman profile
Serafima Birman

Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya

Mikhail Nazvanov profile
Mikhail Nazvanov

Prince Andrei Kurbsky

Mikhail Zharov profile
Mikhail Zharov

Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov

Amvrosi Buchma profile
Amvrosi Buchma

Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov

Mikhail Kuznetsov profile
Mikhail Kuznetsov

Fyodor Basmanov

Pavel Kadochnikov profile
Pavel Kadochnikov

Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky

Andrei Abrikosov profile
Andrei Abrikosov

Boyar Fyodor Kolychev

Alexander Mgebrov profile
Alexander Mgebrov

Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen

Maxim Mikhaylov profile
Maxim Mikhaylov

Archdeacon

Vladimir Balashov profile
Vladimir Balashov

Piotr Volynetz

Nikolai Cherkasov profile
Nikolai Cherkasov

Czar Ivan IV

Lyudmila Tselikovskaya profile
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya

Czarina Anastasia Romanovna

Serafima Birman profile
Serafima Birman

Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya

Mikhail Nazvanov profile
Mikhail Nazvanov

Prince Andrei Kurbsky

Mikhail Zharov profile
Mikhail Zharov

Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov

Amvrosi Buchma profile
Amvrosi Buchma

Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov

Mikhail Kuznetsov profile
Mikhail Kuznetsov

Fyodor Basmanov

Pavel Kadochnikov profile
Pavel Kadochnikov

Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky

Andrei Abrikosov profile
Andrei Abrikosov

Boyar Fyodor Kolychev

Alexander Mgebrov profile
Alexander Mgebrov

Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen

Maxim Mikhaylov profile
Maxim Mikhaylov

Archdeacon

Vladimir Balashov profile
Vladimir Balashov

Piotr Volynetz

Extra

Release Date

November 11, 1944

Original Language

Russian

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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Ivan The Terrible - Trailer (1945)

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