Nikolai Cherkasov
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Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
(1958)The Russian czar sinks to ever more bloodthirsty means of consolidating power.
Alexander Nevsky
(1938)When a bold 13th-century Russian prince took on Tartar and Teutonic invaders, he found the courage to inspire a ragtag army to push forward.
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
(1944)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 detected the portrait in the second film, with its summary executions and secret police, and promptly banned it.
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
(1943)The fifth film in Frank Capra's Why We Fight WWII propaganda series, Battle of Russia portrays the bitter fighting on the Eastern Front, 1941-1943.