Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
Drama
History
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.
Cast
Czar Ivan IV
Czarina Anastasia Romanovna
Archdeacon
Piotr Volynetz
Nikola, Simpleton Beggar
Kaspar von Oldenbock, Livonian Ambassador
The Stranger
Sigismond, King of Poland
Smiling Woman in the Church (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya
Prince Andrei Kurbsky
Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov
Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov
Fyodor Basmanov
Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
Boyar Fyodor Kolychev
Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
Crew
Writer
Director
Original Music Composer
Producer
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Editor
Production Design
Art Direction
Costume Design
Costume Design
Makeup Artist
Sound Designer
Sound Designer