1946; however, it was banned by Joseph Stalin due to its unflattering portrayal of the Tsar and was not released until 1958, a decade after Eisenstein's death. Genre: Historical Drama / Epic / Biography. Runtime: Approximately 88 minutes. Synopsis & Plot
While mostly in black and white, the final reel—the "Dance of the Oprichniki" and the cathedral climax—is filmed in stark Agfacolor . This was groundbreaking for its time, using color symbolically rather than realistically. Ivan the Terrible, Part II(1958)
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