Ivan the Terrible, Part I
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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2 films
Cast
23 people
Nikolai Cherkasov
Czar Ivan IV
Known for
Alexander Nevsky
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
Czarina Anastasia Romanovna
Also in
The Grasshopper
Twins
Serafima Birman
Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
Known for
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Mikhail Nazvanov
Prince Andrei Kurbsky
Known for
Hamlet
Mikhail Zharov
Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
Known for
Chess Fever
Aelita: Queen of Mars
Amvrosii Buchma
Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
Known for
Arsenal
Mikhail Kuznetsov
Fyodor Basmanov
Also in
Russia Is Young
The Blue Notebook
Pavel Kadochnikov
Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
Known for
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano
Andrei Abrikosov
Boyar Fyodor Kolychev
Known for
Alexander Nevsky
Wedding in Malinovka
Alexander Mgebrov
Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
Also in
Peter the First, Part I
Defeat of Yudenich
Maxim Mikhaylov
Archdeacon
Also in
Boris Godunov
The Slippers
Vladimir Balashov
Piotr Volynetz
Also in
Enemy's Enemy
Ugryum-River
Sergei Eisenstein Director · Sergei Prokofiev Composer Eduard Tisse Cinematographer
United States release March 8, 1947 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Production TsOKS, Alma-Ata Studio
Production
Mosfilm
Production · Studio
TsOKS
Production
Alma-Ata Studio
Production
Russia · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Иван Грозный
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · November 11, 1944
Theatrical
United States · March 8, 1947
Theatrical
Argentina
January 28, 1947 · Theatrical
Denmark
July 4, 1946 · Theatrical
Finland
September 30, 1945 · Theatrical
March 6, 1958 · Theatrical · (re-release)
France
March 5, 1946 · Theatrical
March 18, 2015 · Theatrical · (re-release)
Greece
January 19, 2023 · Limited theatrical · (re-issue)
Japan
July 11, 2006 · Theatrical · (Russian and Soviet Film Festival)
Netherlands
June 29, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
October 7, 1971 · Theatrical
May 1, 2016 · Theatrical · (digitally restored version)
Russia
December 30, 1944 · Premiere
January 20, 1945 · Theatrical
Spain
October 24, 1970 · Theatrical · (Madrid)
September 14, 1971 · Theatrical · (Barcelona)
Sweden
April 23, 1945 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 21, 2007 · Theatrical · (London)
XC
June 15, 1945 · Theatrical
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