TY  - ADVS
AU  - Sergei M. Eisenstein
AU  - Sergei M. Eisenstein
AU  - Nikolay Cherkasov
AU  - Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
AU  - Serafima Birman
TI  - Ivan Groznyy: Ivan the Terrible, Part I
AV  - PN1997 .I936 1944
PY  - 1944///
CY  - Russia
PB  - Mosfilm, Tsentralnuyu Obedinyonnuyu Kinostudiyu (TsOKS)
N1  - Special features include:
- Multimedia essay on the history of Ivan the Terrible by Joan Neuberger, director of the Center for Soviet Studies at the University of Texas at Austin
- Deleted Scenes
N2  - From case cover:
Navigating the deadly waters of Stalinist politics, Eisenstein was able to film two parts of his planned trilogy about the troubled 16th century tsar who united Russia. Visually stunning and powerfully acted, Ivan the Terrible charts rise to power and descent into terror of this veritable dictator. Though pleased with the first installment, Stalin detected the portrait in the second film--with its summary executions and secret police--and promptly banned it. Criterion is proud to present Ivan the Terrible, Parts I and II, in new digital transfers with extensive image and sound restoration.

; From IMDb:
In 1547, Ivan IV (1530-1584), archduke of Moscow, crowns himself Tsar of Russia and sets about reclaiming lost Russian territory. In scenes of his coronation, his wedding to Anastasia, his campaign against the Tartars in Kazan, his illness when all think he will die, recovery, campaigns in the Baltic and Crimea, self-imposed exile in Alexandrov, and the petition of Muscovites that he return, his enemies among the boyars threaten his success. Chief among them are his aunt, who wants to advance the fortunes of her son, a simpleton, and Kurbsky, a warrior prince who wants both power and the hand of Anastasia. Ivan deftly plays to the people to consolidate his power
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