Ivan the Terrible, Part 2 (Ivan Groznyy: Skaz vtoroy - Boyarskiy zagovor 1958)

A classic

“A couple of days ago, I saw ‘Ivan Groznyy’ so I was quite eager to see this sequel especially since it also had such a stellar reputation. Even though it was shot just after the 1st installment, this movie was eventually released more than 10 years later because Stalin apparently hated the damned thing. It would be released only after his death (by then Sergei Eisenstein had long passed away as well). Basically, even though Stalin was positive about Eisenstein’s first movie, he didn’t care for this sequel because its portrayal of Ivan was too negative but, to be honest, I didn’t see much difference with the previous movie. In fact, I have to admit that I was slightly disappointed by the damned thing. It’s not that it was bad though, not at all. Indeed, once again, it was visual” read more

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" Notes: Even though this movie was shot just after the 1st installment, this movie was eventually released more than 10 years later because Stalin apparently hated the damned thing. It would be released only after his death (by then Sergei Eisenstein had long passed away as well). Basically, even though Stalin was positive about Eisenstein’s first movie, he didn’t care for this sequel because its portrayal of Ivan was too negative but, to be honest, I didn’t see much difference with the p"

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" Notes: Even though this movie was shot just after the 1st installment, this movie was eventually released more than 10 years later because Stalin apparently hated the damned thing. It would be released only after his death (by then Sergei Eisenstein had long passed away as well). Basically, even though Stalin was positive about Eisenstein’s first movie, he didn’t care for this sequel because its portrayal of Ivan was too negative but, to be honest, I didn’t see much difference with the p"

“(OK) The greatness of the firs part with many bonus: coloruful secuence, musical numbers/scenes. There´s no the great agonizing scene of the first one, but there´s the feast in wich Ivan decieves his treacherous cousin...” read more

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"Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible Part II was completed in 1945 but was not released until 1958; 5 years after Stalin's death. "