Search results
Nikolay Konstantinovich Cherkasov (Russian: Никола́й Константи́нович Черка́сов; 27 July [O.S. 14 July] 1903 – 14 September 1966) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1947.
Nikolay Cherkasov. Actor: Alexander Nevsky. The preeminent Russian actor, at least in Western eyes, of the first half of the twentieth century. He became interested in the theatre as a teenager and joined the Teatr Mariinskij as a stagehand in 1918. He apprenticed with various traveling companies and therein learned ballet, pantomime, and ...
- January 1, 1
- St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
- January 1, 1
- 1.98 m
People also ask
Who played Nikolay Cherkasov?
When did Aleksandr Nevsky die?
Who was Alexander Nevsky?
Who was Zapiski Sovetskogo Aktera?
Overview. Born. July 27, 1903 · St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia] Died. September 14, 1966 · Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia] (heart failure) Birth name. Nikolai Konstantinovich Cherkasov. Height. 6′ 6″ (1.98 m) Mini Bio. The preeminent Russian actor, at least in Western eyes, of the first half of the twentieth century.
- July 27, 1903
- September 14, 1966
- Plot
- Cast
- Genesis
- Production
- Style
- Reception
- Screenplay
- Academic Works
- External Links
Part I
In the prologue Ivan's mother and her lover are murdered by the boyars. Later Ivan is enthroned as the grand prince of Moscow. Part I begins with Ivan's coronation as the tsar of all Russia, amid grumbling from the boyars and silent jealousy from his cousin, Vladimir of Staritsa and especially from Vladimir's mother and Ivan's aunt, the evil-looking Yefrosinya Staritskaya. Ivan makes a speech proclaiming his intent to unite and protect Russia against the foreign armies outside her borders and...
Part II
Part II opens in the court of King Sigismundof Poland, to whom Kurbsky swears allegiance. Sigismund promises to make Kurbsky ruler of Ivan's territories, once he exploits the tsar's absence by conquering them. The plan is foiled when an emissary announces that Ivan has returned to Moscow. A flashback shows Ivan as a child, witnessing his mother being poisoned and removed, then as a young teenager standing up to the condescension of the boyars who want to rule over young Ivan's head. He begins...
Ivan Vasilyevich (Nikolay Cherkasov) – The movies show Ivan more as monarch than as man, detailing his struggles to unite Russia and his difficulties in overcoming the traditional, boyar-run government. While not exactly sympathetic, Ivan is shown as having to fight fire with fire—having to be ruthless and brutal for the good of the country. In som...
During World War II, with the Axis forces approaching Moscow, Eisenstein was one of many Moscow-based filmmakers who were evacuated to Alma Ata, in the Kazakh SSR. There, Eisenstein first considered the idea of making a film about Tsar Ivan IV, aka Ivan the Terrible, whom Joseph Stalin admired as the same kind of brilliant, decisive, successful lea...
Stalin commissioned Eisenstein to make a film about Ivan the Terrible in 1941, as part of the Soviet historical revisionist campaign.Eisenstein grew deeply interested in Ivan the Terrible, and filled over 100 notebooks with his ideas for the film. The first film, Ivan The Terrible, Part I, was filmed between 1942 and 1944, and released at the end o...
Eisenstein wrote about Ivan The Terrible’s tone, saying that he wished chiefly to convey a sense of majesty; the actors spoke in measured tones, frequently accompanied by Prokofiev's superb, solemn music, Ivan the Terrible, op. 116. Nikolai Cherkasov's style of acting was realistic, but highly stylised and intense. He was said to have been in a sta...
Parts I and II have been polarizing amongst viewers, being included in both The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and How They Got That Way) by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell and 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Schneider. However, the films have since become highly regarded, being awarded 4 out of 4 stars by critic Roger Ebert...
Eisenstein, Sergei M. (1963) Ivan the Terrible: a screenplay; translated by Ivor Montagu and Herbert Marshall; edited by Ivor Montagu. London: Secker / Warburg (published in the US by Simon & Schus...
Eisenstein, Sergeii Mikhailovich, et al.The Film Sense. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. ISBN 978-0-15-630935-6Eisenstein, Sergei, and Jay Leyda. Film Form. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1949. ISBN 0-15-630920-3Ejzenstejn, Sergej, et al. The Eisenstein Reader. London: British Film Institute, 1998. ISBN 0-85170-675-4Neuberger, Joan. Ivan the Terrible. London: I. B. Tauris, 2003.Ivan the Terrible part I at IMDbIvan the Terrible part II at IMDbIvan the Terrible part I at Rotten TomatoesIvan the Terrible part II at Rotten Tomatoes- Sergei Eisenstein
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Sergei Prokofiev
Biography. An outstanding Soviet theater and film actor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1937). People's Artist of the RSFSR (03/11/1939). People's Artist of the USSR (02.26.1947). He graduated from the Institute of Performing Arts (1926).
Forceful star of the Soviet stage and screen, best known in the west for his subdued yet flamboyant and powerful performances in the title roles of three Eisenstein films: "Alexander Nevsky" (1938), "Ivan the Terrible Part I" (1944) and "Ivan the Terrible Part II (1946).
