Release Date | 1958-01-01 |
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Runtime | 187 minutes |
Genres | History |
Stars | Nikolai Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov, Mikhail Zharov |
Directors | Sergei Eisenstein, Sergei Eisenstein, Sergei Eisenstein, Sergei Prokofiev, Andrey Moskvin |
Ivan the Terrible 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 Premier Joseph Stalin, who admired and identified with Ivan. This version includes both the movies.