The Unknown Ivan the Terrible
1998, RU. Directed by Naum Kleiman.
A reconstruction of the uncut prologue of Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible, the scene with the gunners Foma and Erema and a fragment from the unfinished part 3 featuring the German knight Heinrich von Staden. In between stills and newsreel footage. Over a commentary written and spoken by Naum Kleiman. The Criterion DVD extra ends at 33 min, the longer version has added fragments of parts 1 and 2 at the end.
- Runtime
- 0h 57m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- RU
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- Released
- 21 August 1998
- Original title
- Neizvestniy "Ivan Grozniy"
- Written by
- Naum Kleiman, Natalia Yakovleva, Valery Bosenko
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The Unknown Ivan the Terrible isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 August 1998. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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If you liked The Unknown Ivan the Terrible, try Tsar, Raiders of the Lost Library, Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot.
Who directed The Unknown Ivan the Terrible?
The Unknown Ivan the Terrible (1998) was directed by Naum Kleiman and stars Naum Kleiman.