Ivan the Terrible, Part 1

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Ivan the Terrible Ivan the Terrible, Part 1 (1947)

The first part of the story of the troubled sixteenth-century tsar who united Russia.

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Title	Ivan the Terrible, Part 1 (1947)
Runtime	1 hr. 39 min.
Director	Sergei Eisenstein
Country	USSR
Studio	Criterion Collection
Genres	Drama
Description	Navigating the deadly waters of Stalinist politics, Eisenstein was able to film two parts of his planned trilogy about the troubled sixteenth-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.