Ivan the Terrible (1944 film)
1944 two-part film by Sergei Eisenstein / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ivan the Terrible (Russian: Иван Грозный, romanized: Ivan Grozny) is a two-part Soviet epic historical drama film written and directed by Sergei Eisenstein.[1] A biopic of Ivan IV of Russia, it was Eisenstein's final film, commissioned by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
Ivan the Terrible | |
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Directed by | Sergei Eisenstein |
Written by | Sergei Eisenstein |
Produced by | Sergei Eisenstein |
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Cinematography | Andrei Moskvin Eduard Tisse |
Edited by | Sergei Eisenstein (Part I) Esfir Tobiak (Part II) |
Music by | Sergei Prokofiev |
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Running time | 187 minutes Part 1: 99 minutes Part 2: 88 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Part I was released in 1944; Part II, although it finished production in 1946, was not released until 1958, as it was banned on the order of Stalin, who became incensed over the depiction of Ivan therein. Eisenstein had developed the scenario to require a third part to finish the story but, with the banning of Part II, filming of Part III was stopped; after Eisenstein's death in 1948, what had been completed of Part III was mostly destroyed.
The film is mainly in black-and-white, but contains a few colour scenes towards the end of Part II.