Ivan the Terrible: Part I (Sergei Eisenstein; 1944)

Published: Oct. 25, 2018, 5:05 a.m.

Esther Jolliffe, film Studies masters graduate, joins Ally Pitts to discuss this biopic of the first tsar of Muscovy, which was voted 102nd greatest film of all time in the 2012 Sight and Sound Critics' Poll.Listeners in the UK can buy This Thing of Darkness: Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible in Stalin's Russia by Dr Joan Neuberger from Cornell University Press, via our uk.bookshop.org affiliate link. 10% of the sale will go towards covering the costs of running the show and you'll also be helping out independent bookshops! Visit\xa0our uk.bookshop.org affiliate store here!\nExpect SPOILERS from about 13 minutes in until the end.\xa0Ivan the Terrible: part I stars Nikolai Cherkasov,\xa0Lyudmila Tselikovskaya,\xa0Serafima Birman, and Mikhail Nazvanov.\nIf you enjoyed this episode, please follow and rate us on Podchaser:\xa0www.podchaser.com/russophilesunitemoviepodcast\nSupport the show/fund Ally's caffeine habit at: ko-fi.com/russophilesunite\nA list of podcast episodes in which Dr Joan Neuberger discusses This Thing of Darkness\xa0can be found here.\nFind out more about #PodRevDay, a way to support your favourite podcasts: www.stephfuccio.com/podrevday\nThe show's intro music is\xa0Cold\xa0by Sasha Ilyukevich and the Highly Skilled Migrants.\nYou can find more of their music at:\xa0thehighlyskilledmigrants.bandcamp.com/\xa0or:\xa0open.spotify.com/artist/1cXWmfhuDWyfKfsYADk96F\nIf you'd like to get in touch and tell us what you thought of the film and/or the podcast episode, it would be great to hear from you! Here are some ways you can do that:\nTwitter:\xa0@RussophilesU\nEmail:\xa0russophilesunite@gmail.com\nFacebook:\xa0www.facebook.com/groups/russophilesunite\nInstagram:\xa0www.instagram.com/russophiles_unite/\nLetterboxd:\xa0https://letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/\nFind Ally's other podcast appearances at:\xa0www.podchaser.com/creators/alistair-pitts-107ZzmUqmI