IVAN THE TERRIBLE

Vintage 12 inch x 9 3/8 inch Still of NIKOLAY CHERKASOV in the 1944 Sergei M. Eisenstein Historical Drama IVAN THE TERRIBLE.

Navigating the deadly waters of Stalinist politics, Eisenstein was able to film two parts of his planned trilogy about the troubled sixteenth-century tsar who united Russia. Visually stunning and powerfully acted, Ivan the Terrible charts the rise to power and descent into terror of this veritable dictator. Though pleased with the first installment, Stalin detested the portrait in the second film—with its summary executions and secret police—and promptly banned it.

The still is in very good condition with slight corner creasing.