IMDb plot summary: During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.
Directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein. Starring Nikolay Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, and Mikhail Nazvanov.
There's a definite stylized artfulness to this which I could see being *very* into. Everything is slow and deliberate. I commented partway that it felt like the whole movie was one long ritual, and I still think that -- not only do we get very detailed recreations of various coronation and death rituals, but all of the rest of the movie seems to be doing that as well. As such, I didn't find it particularly engaging on a narrative level but I did find it an interesting aesthetic experience.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Ivan the Terrible, Part One < An Affair to Remember
Ivan the Terrible, Part One > Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
Ivan the Terrible, Part One < Tin Man
Ivan the Terrible, Part One > The Love Witch
Ivan the Terrible, Part One > Saturday Night Fever
Ivan the Terrible, Part One > To Have and Have Not
Ivan the Terrible, Part One < Melinda and Melinda
Ivan the Terrible, Part One > Joe Versus the Volcano
Ivan the Terrible, Part One < The Pajama Game
Ivan the Terrible, Part One < The Year Without a Santa Claus
Ivan the Terrible, Part One > Vice
Final spot: #1902 out of 2992.
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