Ivan the Terrible, Part 1 (1944)
- Starring:
- Nikolai Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sergei Eisenstein
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Sergei Eisenstein's operatic saga of the 16th-century Russian hero Czar Ivan IV is given a charismatic performance by Nikolai Cherkasov and a brilliant score by Sergei Prokofiev. Part One deals with Czar Ivan's beginnings as the ruler of Russia, Ivan's coronation, and his marriage to Anastasia Romanovna (Lyudmila Tselikovskaya). Ivan suddenly becomes gravely ill and then mysteriously recovers. When a group of conspirators poison his wife, Ivan becomes more wary of his retainers and announces that the will of the people demands his return from Alexandrov to Moscow. Ivan endeavors to preserve his country in the face of all the internal and external conspiracies. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 99 mins
Complete Cast:
- Nikolai Cherkasov - Ivan the Terrible
- Seraphima Birman - The Boyarina Staritzkaya
- Vsevolod Pudovkin - Nikola, a Simple Beggar
- Mikhail A. Kuznetsov
- Andrei Abrikosov - Fyodor Kolychev
- Pavel Massalsky
- Nakolai Nazvanov - Prince Andrei Kurbsky
- Lyudmila Tselikovskaya - Anastasia
- Pyotr Kadochnikov - Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky
- Amvrosiy Buchma
- Mikhail Nazvanov
- Alexei Buchma - Alexei Basmanov, the Czar's Guard
- Alexander Mgebrov - Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen
- Ada Voitsik - Yelena Glinskaya
- Director(s):
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Writer(s):
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Producer(s):
- Sergei Eisenstein
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