Ivan the Terrible (Bfi Film Classics)
Publisher: British Film Institute
Published: May 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9780851708348
Subjects: Film theory & criticism; Performing Arts/Dance; Epic Films; Individual Directors And Producers; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Performing Arts / General; Film & Video - General; Film & Video - Direction & Production
Description: "Ivan IV, the first Grand Duke of Moscow to take the title Czar, was one of the most violent and demented rulers in history. Both sadist and mystic, he claimed to be both the blood successor to Caesar Augustus and God's vicar on earth. Devoted associates and sworn enemies alike perished amid hideous tortures. Villages, towns and an entire city were obliterated; he even murdered his own son in a burst of fury. And yet, by conquering much of the territory that became 20th century Russia, he also forged an orderly empire out of the barbarous and disordered world into which he was born."--BOOK JACKET.