The Death of Ivan the Terrible, () is a 1909 Russian short film directed and written by Vasili Goncharov.Ревность, пьянство и убийство. Каким был первый художественный фильм России10 киногеничных Рюриковичей
Plot The film is based on plays by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy.
Cast A. Slavin as Ivan the Terrible Yelizaveta Uvarova as Tsarina S. Tarasov as Boris Godunov Nikolai Vekov as Nagoy, boyar Yakov Protazanov as GaraburdaСмерть Иоанна Грозного (1909) Full Cast & Crew
Production Role of Garaburda was the actor debut for Yakov Protazanov.Смерть Иоанна Грозного at the KinoPoisk Actor Slavin, who performed the role of Ivan the Terrible, was too plump for the image of the king, known including asceticism. Its fullness has become one of the most common viewers claims to the film.
Reception The Russian trade journal criticized the quality of cinematography:Розин. «Воскресенье» и «Смерть Иоанна Грозного», Cine-Phono», 1909. no. 4. pp. 8—9.
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