Ivan the Terrible Part One

Ivan the Terrible Part One
Ivan the Terrible (Russian: Иван Грозный, Ivan Grozniy) is a two-part Soviet epic historical film written and directed by Sergei Eisenstein. It was Eisenstein's final film, commissioned by Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, who admired and identified with Ivan.

Part I was released in 1944; Part II, although it finished production in 1946, was not released until 1958, as it was banned on the order of Stalin, who became incensed over the depiction of Ivan therein. Eisenstein had developed the scenario to require a third part to finish the story but, with the banning of Part II, filming of Part III was stopped; after Eisenstein's death in 1948, what had been completed of Part III was mostly destroyed.

Part II is available to watch on Filmbox through Amazon Prime.