Ivan the Terrible I (film)
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| German title | Ivan the Terrible |
| Original title | Иван Грозный (Ivan Grozny) |
| Country of production | Soviet Union |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 1944 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK none |
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| Director | Sergei Michailowitsch Eisenstein |
| script | Sergei Michailowitsch Eisenstein |
| production | Sergei Michailowitsch Eisenstein |
| music | Sergei Prokofiev |
| camera |
Andrei Moskwin , Eduard Tisse |
| cut | Sergei Michailowitsch Eisenstein |
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The film Ivan the Terrible by Sergei Michailowitsch Eisenstein shows the life of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (1530–1584) from the age of 16.
It consists of two parts. The first shows the rise of the tsar; this part was awarded and praised by Stalin . The second part shows Ivan's "terribility"; this was panned and banned by Stalin. A third part remained incomplete and was destroyed except for a few scenes.
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The film begins with the coronation ceremony of Ivan IV. The new ruler announces in a speech that he wants to unite Russia and protect it against foreign powers. Shortly afterwards, he married Anastasia Romanovna , and the celebrations were disrupted by the angry crowd attacking aristocratic palaces. Ivan IV calms the crowd.
After the ruler of the Kazan Khanate provokes the tsar by asking him to commit suicide, Ivan declares war on him. Kazan is captured by the tsar's troops.
The tsarina falls ill and dies. Ivan ponders out loud whether his wife's death is a punishment for his offenses. He abdicates and leaves Moscow, but the pleas of ordinary people move him to return.
Reviews
“Eisenstein (1898–1948) stages the historical material in an operatic stylization and with overwhelming pathos, but dispenses with a naive (and obligatory in Soviet films of the Stalin era) iconization of the contradicting title character. Rather, the second part in particular creates gloomy visions of power and submission, revealing the dialectic of political autocracy in ingeniously designed picture compositions. A masterpiece of Soviet film art, in which intellectual analysis and sensual splendor are combined. The second part was only released for public viewing by Khrushchev in 1958, five years after Stalin's death. "
Awards
The film was awarded the Order of Lenin because of the consistently positive portrayal of Ivan IV as the hero of Joseph Stalin , who was a great admirer of Ivan , while the second part was banned from showing, which was only lifted after Stalin's death.
In 1946 the film won the prize for best cinematography at the Locarno International Film Festival .
See also
Web links
- Ivan the Terrible, Part I in the Internet Movie Database (English)