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BBFC RatingIvan the Terrible, Parts I & II – Double Bill

CertificatePG
Year1945/46
GenreHistorical, Epic
Director(s)SERGEI M. EISENSTEIN
CountrySoviet Union
Running Time3HR 20MINS
Extra InfoSubtitled
SeasonSergei M. Eisenstein-The Language of Cinema

Regularly cited on ‘Greatest Films’ lists, the two parts of Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible are epic in scope and awesome in visuals.

The first film, released in 1945, was much admired by Stalin, for whom Ivan was a personal hero. Part II however was suppressed by the censors and a third planned film was unfinished at the time of Eisenstein’s death in 1948.

Born in 1898 in Riga, Latvia, Sergei Eisenstein became one of the most world-renowned filmmakers and film theorists of the 20th century bringing a revolutionary spirit to the art of film, in particular his ideas around montage. Coinciding with the 100th Anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution in October 1917, portrayed in Eisenstein’s film October (1928), this season of films pays tribute to one of cinema’s most influential figures, a leading architect of the language of cinema. All films in this season are presented in 35mm format.


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