Ivan the Terrible is a two-part Soviet historical drama film produced, written and directed by Sergei Eisenstein. The film chronicles the reign of 16th-century Russian Tsar Ivan IV and details his for
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Sergei Eisenstein c. 1940
A 1942 drawing of Queen Elizabeth I made by Eisenstein for the film. Elizabeth was intended to have been portrayed by Mikhail Romm.
Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581 by Ilya Repin, made in the 1880s. Eisenstein considered writing an ending where Ivan dies alone after murdering his son.
Nikolay Cherkasov
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Nikolay Konstantinovich Cherkasov was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1947.
Ivan the Terrible (1945 film)
…Soviet historical drama film produced, written and directed by Sergei Eisenstein. The film chronicles the reign of 16th-century Russian Tsar Ivan IV (Nikolay Cherkasov) and details his formation of the oprichnina and conflict with the boyars (nobility), particularly with his aunt (Serafima Birman) and cousin (Pavel…
Cherkasov in Alexander Nevsky, 1938
Cherkasov's grave, Tikhvin Cemetery, Saint Petersburg