Watch Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1945) Online

Sergei Eisenstein's final film, this is the first part of a three-part biopic of Czar Ivan Grozny, which was never completed due again to producer dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's attempts to use forbidden experimental filming techniques and excessive cost overruns. The second part was completed but not released for a decade after Eisenstein's death and a change of heart in the USSR government toward his work; the third part was only in its earliest stage of filming when shooting was stopped altogether. In this first part, set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people. Read More

Watch Ivan the Terrible, Part I online. Featuring Nikolai Cherkasov and Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Ivan the Terrible, Part I is classified as Drama and History genre movie with an average rating across the web of 7.3. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in Russia and was released on 1945. Ivan the Terrible, Part I was directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin,Sergei Eisenstein. Read Less