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Ivan The Terrible - Part 1 (DVD, 2003)

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The classic story of Tsar Ivan IV, Ivan the Terrible. This part begins with his being crowned Tsar of Russia, through his downfall and ends with his recall by the Russian people. Music by Sergei Prokfiev. Russian dialogue.

Product Identifiers

EAN5060000404142

eBay Product ID (ePID)3961428

Product Key Features

ActorNikolai Cherkassov, Ludmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Berman

Film/TV TitleIvan the Terrible-Part 1

DirectorSergei Eisenstein

LanguageRussian

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time94 Mins

Aspect Ratio4:3 Full Frame

FormatDVD

Release Year2003

FeaturesInteractive Menus, Black & White, With Subtitles

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

CertificatePG

Country/Region of ManufactureRussia

Additional InformationOriginally conceived as a historical epic in three parts, Sergei Eisenstein's epic biography of Czar Ivan IV, the murderous 16th-century unifier of the Russian people, was truncated by the director's death in 1948, as he was about to begin part three. A spectacle of impressively baroque splendor, it remains one of the great anomalies of film history. Starring Nikolai Cherkassov as the eponymous ruler, the film opens with the 16-year-old's opulent coronation in 1546. He breaks with the custom of marriage to a foreign princess by marrying a Russian girl, Anastasia Romanovna (Lyudmila Tselikovskaya), thereby offending the nobility. In an effort to expand his territory eastward, he leads an army of 100,000 to seize Kazan, succeeding only after a long and bitter campaign. After contracting a seemingly fatal illness, Ivan summons the boyars, led by his aunt Euphrosinia (Serafima Birman), but they refuse his demand to swear allegiance to his one-year-old son, greatly angering the czar. When Ivan miraculously returns to health, he begins to consolidate power in opposition to the boyars. While Cherkassov gives a commanding performance, it's the film's unique visual quality, featuring spectacularly ornate set design and costumes, along with a performance style influenced by Russian classism, grand opera, and Kabuki theater, that makes it such a rewarding experience.

Sound sourceMono

Movie/TV TitleIvan The Terrible - Part 1