Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1947)Stream and Watch Online

Want to behold the glory that is 'Ivan the Terrible, Part I' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Sergei Eisenstein-directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

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Released March 8th, 1947, 'Ivan the Terrible, Part I' stars Nikolai Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a user score of 73 (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 180 experienced users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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."

'Ivan the Terrible, Part I' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Apple iTunes, FlixFling, Criterion Channel, and HBO Max Amazon Channel .