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Ivan the Terrible (1944) - Soviet feature film of 1944. Historical and biographical film. Starring: Nikolai Cherkasov Lyudmila Tselikovskaya

Production: Mosfilm, USSR, 1944

Filmmaker:Sergei Eisenstein

Scriptwriter:Sergei Eisenstein

Actors: Amvrosiy Buchma, Mikhail Kuznetsov, Syrafima Birman, Pavel Kadochnikov, Andrei Abrikosov, et al.

Duration: 2 episodes 177 minutes

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The plot of the movie Ivan the Terrible (movie 1944):

The first episode of the film tells about Ivan IV's crowning and his speech about the defense of Muscovy. Boyars and ambassadors are alarmed. The wedding of Ivan and Anastasia, who rejected Kurbsky, is shown. Kolychev leaves for the monastery.

The crowd led by Malyuta and the yurodivy is outraged by the boyars, the yurodivy accuses the Glinskys of arson. The Kazan ambassador declares war, Ivan accepts the challenge.
Kurbsky commands the army, but is cruel to the prisoners.

The Russians capture Kazan, Ivan meets Basmanov. Ivan falls seriously ill and demands an oath to his son Dmitry. Staritskaya calls for an oath to Vladimir. Ivan recovers and honors Kurbsky and Basmanov.

Ivan sends an ambassador to Elizabeth. Kurbsky is defeated and goes to the Lithuanians. Staritskaya poisons Anastasia. At the funeral Pimen hints at tyranny. Basmanov proposes to create an oprichnina. Ivan abdicates and leaves, but returns at the request of the people.

During the reign of Sigismund II Augustus, the Polish king hatched plans to expand his possessions, promising Prince Kurbsky lands in Russian territories if he conquered them.

At the same time, Ivan IV, known as the Terrible, was consolidating his autocratic power in the kingdom of Moscow. He consistently subjugated the boyar lands in an effort to centralize the state. After suppressing internal opposition, Ivan IV announced a move to fight external enemies, seeking to strengthen and expand the borders of his kingdom...