Where to Watch Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1947)

Fancy watching 'Ivan the Terrible, Part I' in the comfort of your own home? Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Sergei Eisenstein-directed movie via subscription can be difficult, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off.

Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Ivan the Terrible, Part I' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'Ivan the Terrible, Part I' right now, here are some specifics about the Mosfilm, TsOKS drama flick.

Released March 8th, 1947, 'Ivan the Terrible, Part I' stars Nikolai Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 35 min, and received a user score of 73 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 208 top users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people. Sergei Eisenstein's final film, this is the first part of a three-part biopic of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, which was never completed due to the producer's dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's attempts to use forbidden experimental filming techniques and excessive cost overruns. The second part was completed but not released for a decade after Eisenstein's death and a change of heart in the USSR government toward his work; the third part was only in its earliest stage of filming when shooting was stopped altogether."

'Ivan the Terrible, Part I' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Apple TV, FlixFling, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, TCM Amazon Channel, and Criterion Channel .