These two spectacular, grandiose battle epics from great director Sergei Eisenstein--who pioneered the Soviet montage style of the silent era--are prototypes for many of the classic war epics that preceded them. Produced under the totalitarian Stalin regime, Eisenstein's work managed to turn Soviet propaganda into revolutionary art. ALEXANDER NEVSKY, which details the true story of the general's triumph over Teutonic Knights, features the much-imitated Battle on Ice sequence. IVAN THE TERRIBLE is the story of the powerful czar who regressed into an insane tyrant. Ironically, the second part of this film was banned when Stalin noticed too many similarities between the portrayal of Ivan and himself.

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DVD Features:

Notes: Includes Multimedia Essays by Russell Merritt, Yuri Tsivian and John Neuberger.

Region 1
Keep Case
Boxed Set
Disc One: ALEXANDER NEVSKY
Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Single Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - Russian
Additional Release Material:
Bonus Feature/Short - 1. "Bezhin Meadow"
Additional Audio Material - 1. Audio Essay - David Bordwell, Film Scholar
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Test/Photo Galleries:
Storyboards
Production Art
Disc Two & Three: IVAN THE TERRIBLE PARTS 1 & 2
Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Single Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - Russian
Additional Release Material:
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Art
Story Boards

Nikolai Cherkassov: Russian Actor
Ludmila Tselikovskaya: Russian Actress/1940s
Dimitri Orlov: 

Sergei Eisenstein: Russian Director/Theorist

Sergei Prokofiev: 20th-Century Russian Composer