Ivan the Terrible

Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people. Part 2 of Eisenstein's historical epic was banned by Stalin for its inclusion of the Czar's Secret Police.

Nominated by

Phyllida Law
Actor

For its use of shadows.

Credits
DirectorSergei M. Eisenstein
CastNikolai Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov
CountrySoviet Union
Year1944;1946

Find out more about Ivan the Terrible:

 

Post a comment on this film

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
Your comment will be published immediately. Please be courteous to other contributors.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

More information about formatting options

Bookmark & share this page

Visions for the future

What is visions for the future?

Results of the voting

Read what people said