Ivan the Terrible (1944 film)

Ivan the Terrible
Ivan the Terrible
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Sergei Eisenstein
Written by	Sergei Eisenstein
Produced by	Sergei Eisenstein
Starring	Nikolai Cherkasov; Lyudmila Tselikovskaya; Serafima Birman; Mikhail Nazvanov;
Cinematography	Andrei Moskvin; Eduard Tisse
Edited by	Sergei Eisenstein ; (Part I); Esfir Tobiak; (Part II)
Music by	Sergei Prokofiev
Release dates	30 December 1944 (Part 1); 1958 (Part 2);
Running time	187 minutes; Part 1: 99 minutes; Part 2: 88 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Ivan the Terrible (Russian: Иван Грозный, romanized: Ivan Grozny) is a two-part Soviet epic historical drama film written and directed by Sergei Eisenstein. A biopic of Ivan IV of Russia, it was Eisenstein's final film, commissioned by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

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.

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