Ivan the Terrible - Parts I & II

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Locarno International Film Festival 1946 - Won - Best Cinematography

Ivan the Terrible - Parts I & II

Director:
Sergei Eisenstein
184 Minutes
 

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Navigating the deadly waters of Stalinist politics, Eisenstein was able to film two parts of his planned trilogy about the troubled 16th - century tsar who united Russia. Visually stunning and powerfully acted, Ivan the Terrible charts the rise to power and descent into terror of this veritable dictator. Though pleased with the first installment, Stalin detected the portrait in the second film - with its summary executions and secret police - and promptly banned it.

Available only as part of the Eisenstein: The Sound Years Box Set

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Details

Runtime:
184 min.

Country:
RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Language:
Russian

Color:
Black & White

Plot Summary

SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • Part One -
  • Multimedia essay on the history of Ivan the Terrible by Joan Neuberger, director of the Center for Soviet Studies at the University of Texas at Austin
  • Deleted scenes
  • Drawings and production stills
  • New English subtitle translation
  • Optimal image quality: RSDL dual - layer edition

  • Part Two -
  • Multimedia essay on Eisenstein's visual vocabulary by Yuri Tsivian, art history professor at the University of Chicago
  • New English subtitle translation
  • Optimal image quality: RSDL dual - layer edition

 

 

 

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