IVAN THE TERRIBLE (DVD NTSC)

Directed by S. Eisenstein. Starring: N. Cherkasov, L. Tselikovskaya, S. Birman, P. Kadochnikov, ?. Zharov, ?. Kuznetsov, ?. Nazvanov, A. Abrikosov. Without English subtitles. An epic narration rightly occupying a significant place among world cinema classics. This film is about the person who united Russia for the first time, and from the separate, self-interested princedoms created a unified and powerful state. It is a story of the sovereign who was crowned Tsar of Russia as a whole, and of one of the most complex, powerful and inconsistent figures in history. The second part, "The Boyar Conspiracy", which miraculously survived the Stalin years, demonstrates the terrible price Ivan the Terrible paid for his reign.