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.
Ivan the Terrible, Part I explores themes of coronation, exile, treason. A blend of Drama and History, it is available to stream for free in HD on Ernax — no account required.
Genre: Drama, History
Runtime: 95 min
Director: Sergei Eisenstein
Writers: Sergei Eisenstein
Cast: Nikolai Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov, Mikhail Zharov, Amvrosii Buchma, Mikhail Kuznetsov, Pavel Kadochnikov, Andrei Abrikosov, Alexander Mgebrov, Maxim Mikhaylov, Vladimir Balashov
Rating: 7.3/10 (240 votes)
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Russian
Themes: coronation, exile, treason, tatars, wedding, church, intrigue, medieval
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