One of a series of short extracts from feature films intended for study of cinema technique. Ivan is portrayed as a cruel tyrant, a product of Renaissance times in “an epoch fraught with passion and blood”, struggling to unify Russia. In this excerpt Ivan is crowned Tsar of Russia in the Cathedral. Courtiers and Ambassadors discuss his popularity; there are factions for and against him. Nothing mars the ceremony, however, as the bass singer intones a liturgy, and Ivan is ceremonially showered with coins.
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ACMI Identifier
005608
Language
Russian
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Excerpts
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Production and direction
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Study and teaching
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Motion pictures - Study and teaching
History → Ivan IV, Czar of Russia, 1530-1584
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Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)