Ivan the Terrible, Part I
1944 · 95 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 11,241 VOTES · DIR. Sergei Eisenstein
Overview
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. Sergei Eisenstein's final film, this is the first part of a three-part biopic of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, which was never completed due to the producer's 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.
Dialogue Timeline — 554 lines
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00:00:15 IVAN THE TERRIBLE
00:03:28 Europe will never recognize him as Tsar.
00:08:23 Long life to the Tsar!
00:11:10 We shall need a strong and undivided State
00:13:32 Why is Prince Kurbsky his vassal?
00:19:06 I don't dare go against my Tsar
00:24:08 They tear the hearts from the breasts of the people!
00:26:35 and the admiration of our soldiers.
00:28:35 can invade Muscovite territory with impunity.
00:34:04 It's certainly time to start the attack!
00:39:32 The Tsar!
00:45:11 The eye of the Tsar.
00:52:51 The end is near.
00:58:20 no matter how strong, courageous, intelligent you may be
01:03:27 You mean Ivan isn't dead?
01:08:37 He surrounds himself with nobodies.
01:10:30 Kurbsky is away... we must take him firmly in hand.
01:14:08 You will demonstrate to her with these pieces
01:20:23 Be firm!
01:25:14 to Livonia.
01:29:20 Send for my last and only remaining faithful friend
01:31:34 not as a soldier
01:34:34 'and Moscow, the capital.
01:39:06 To work for the future of the Great Russian State.