[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2001.
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Part of the series Eisenstein, the sound years;The Criterion collection 88;The Classic collection;Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Notes:

• DVD Region 1.
• In Russian with English subtitles.
• Nikolai Cherkasov, Ludmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Piotr Kadochnikov.
• Director and script, Sergei Eisenstein camera, Andrei Moskvin, Edward Tisse music, Sergei Prokofiev.
• Originally released as a motion picture in 1944 (Part I) and 1946 (Part II).
• Special features include: Multimedia essay on the history of Ivan the Terrible by Joan Neuberger multimedia essay on Eisenstein’s visual vocabulary by Yuri Tsivian deleted scenes drawings and production stills new english subtitle translation.
• pt. I. Ivan Groznyi — pt. II. Boyars’ plot.
• Set in Moscow during the 16th century, Ivan Alexieff, Prince of Moscow, is crowned Tsar Ivan. This action puts him in direct opposition to all other royal families and Ivan finds himself isolated and alone in his attempt to centralize power under the crown.

Subjects:

• Ivan IV, Czar of Russia, 1530-1584 — Drama.
• Russia — History — Ivan IV, 1533-1584 — Drama.
• Russia — Kings and rulers — Drama.
• Foreign films. lcgft
• Motion pictures. lcgft
• Historical films. lcgft
• Feature films. lcgft

Requested by Wittenbreer, B.