IVAN THE TERRIBLE: PARTS 1 & 2
Directed by Sergei Eisenstein
(IVAN GROZNY) "The first time in history a man has committed suicide by cinema," quipped Dovzhenko. A state-sanctioned production, Ivan's opulent furs and jewels color the black-and-white machinations by a demonic Czar bent on making his subjects' lives a living hell – a statement pointed with outrage directly at Stalin.