Ivan the Terrible, Part 2
- Starring: Nikolai Cherkasov, Serafima Birman, Pavel Kadochnikov
- Director: Sergei Eisenstein
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The second part of Sergei Eisenstein's baroque chronicle of the legendary Russian czar was originally planned as a three-part epic. But Eisenstein had battles with Russian censors over the second part of his trilogy, ostensibly because of a negative depiction of Ivan's secret police force (Stalin feared that Eisenstein was making a veiled reference to himself). Although filmed shortly after Part One in 1946, the film was suppressed and was not released until 1958. In the meantime, Eisenstein, who died in 1948, never completed his project, spending most of his time defending himself before Stalin and his censor boards. Part Two takes up the story of Ivan the Terrible (Nikolai Cherkasov) upon his return to Moscow from Alexandrov. Ivan must deal with a group of unfriendly boyars and becomes even more insulated after his mother is poisoned and an assassination plot is uncovered. The black-and-white film ends with a luminous color banquet scene. Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Features
- Genre: Historical Film
- Category: Biopic [feature], Historical Epic
- Theme: Crowned Heads, Political Unrest
- Release Date: October 28, 1998
- Rating: NR (Not Rated)Rating Opens in New Window - Mild Violence, Suitable for Children
- Studio: Image Entertainment
- Lead Actors: Nikolai Cherkasov, Serafima Birman, Pavel Kadochnikov, Mikhail Zharov, Mikhail A. Kuznetsov
- Supporting Actors: Ada Voitsik, Andrei Abrikosov, Alexander Mgebrov, Vladimir Balashov, Alexei Buchma, Mikhail Nazvanov, Pavel Massalsky
- Director: Sergei Eisenstein
- Run Time: 1 hr 25 min
- Language: Russian
- Subtitle Language: English
- Format: DVD
Additional Information
- DPCI: 246-03-0659
- ASIN: B002MMW7M8
- Catalog #: 11521756
- Item can not be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Weight: 0.23 pound.
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The second film in director Sergei Eisenstein's planned trilogy of the life of Russian czar Ivan the Terrible, Ivan Grozny II was filmed in 1946 (following the first installment), but went unreleased until 1958. The delay was due to Stalin's obvious unhappiness with the resemblance, intentional or not, between Ivan the Terrible's totalitarian ways and his own. Though parts of the third film were shot around the same time, the trilogy would never see completion; Eisenstein died in 1948. In the director's body of work, Ivan Grozny II was perhaps most significant for its two color sequences. For someone who never cared much for technological advances in film sound, Eisenstein did remarkably well incorporating color into his film. Though the sequences may seem thematically random, they fit the movie's tone and are very modern in their use of color to evoke a mood. Brendon Hanley, All Movie Guide
