Ivan the Terrible
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Eisenstein was entrusted to make a historical drama from the story of the 16th century Tsar, Ivan IV, who created a unified Russia from a fragmentary collection of feudal holdings. Part I deals with Ivan's struggle to establish himself as Tsar aided by his love for the Tsaritsa Anastasia. It ends with her death by poisoning, turning Ivan's energies solely to his political aims. The ruthlessness of Ivan's measures against the boyars and his conflicts with the Church are the subjects of Part II. A sequence in Part II is the only example of Eisenstein's use of color. The film is an historical analysis made on architectural, pictorial and verbal levels. (Does not circulate)
Credits
Sergei Eisenstein (1898–1948); Tisse, Ė. (Ėduard), 1893-1961; Andrei Moskvin; Sergei Prokofiev; Macmillan Films; University of California (System). Extension Media Center; Global strategy; Anastasia's funeral
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Eisenstein was entrusted to make a historical drama from the story of the 16th century Tsar, Ivan IV, who created a unified Russia from a fragmentary collection of feudal holdings. Part I deals with Ivan's struggle to establish himself as Tsar aided by his love for the Tsaritsa Anastasia. It ends with her death by poisoning, turning Ivan's energies solely to his political aims. The ruthlessness of Ivan's measures against the boyars and his conflicts with the Church are the subjects of Part II. A sequence in Part II is the only example of Eisenstein's use of color. The film is an historical analysis made on architectural, pictorial and verbal levels. (Does not circulate)
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- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, catalog record
- BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, credits
- Wikidata · Q20051329 ↗ — country, genre
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