Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 11, 1944

Original Title:
Иван Грозный

Alternate Titles:
Iivana Julma I
Iivana Julma, osa 1/2
Ivan Groznyy
Ivan de Verschrikkelijke, Deel 1
Ivan den Grusomme
Ivan den Grymme I
Ivan den förskräcklige
Ivan il terribile
Ivan le terrible
Ivan the Terrible
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan the Terrible, Part One
Ivan, O Terrível
Ivan, o Terrível - Parte I
Ivan, o tromeros
Iván el terrible
Iván el terrible, parte 1
Iván, el terrible
Iwan Groźny
Iwan, der Schreckliche I
Korkunç Ivan
Rettegett Iván 1.
Ивaн Гpoзни
Иван Грозни
Иван Грозный
폭군 이반 1부

Genres:
Drama | History

Production Companies:
Mosfilm
TsOKS

Production Countries:
Soviet Union

Ratings / Certifications:
AR: 13  FI: S  NL: 12  PT: M/6|M/16  SE: 16 

Runtime: 100

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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British Film Institute (BFI)

1962
#7
Critics' Top 10 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
1972
#12
Critics' Top 10 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time

Art Direction:
Sergei Eisenstein

Costume Design:
Nadezhda Buzina
Leonid Naumov

Director:
Sergei Eisenstein

Director of Photography:
Andrey Moskvin
Eduard Tisse

Editor:
Sergei Eisenstein

Makeup Artist:
Vasili Goryunov

Original Music Composer:
Sergei Prokofiev

Producer:
Sergei Eisenstein

Production Design:
Yosyp Shpinel

Sound Designer:
Vladimir Bogdankevich
Boris Volsky

Writer:
Sergei Eisenstein

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