''Ivan the Terrible'' (Italian:''Ivan, il terribile'') is a 1917 Italian

historical film A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swa ...

directed by

Enrico Guazzoni Enrico Guazzoni (18 December 1876 – 23 September 1949) Birth name Enrico Guazzone. Additionally, document states in lower right, "è morte in Roma in 23-9-49 / died in Rome 23 September 1949". was an Italian screenwriter and film director. G ...

and starring Lina Dax, Matilde Di Marzio and Angelo Gallina.Redi p.250 It portrays the life of the Russian

tsar Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East and South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word ''caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" in the European medieval sense of the ter ...

Ivan the Terrible.

Cast

* Lina Dax * Matilde Di Marzio * Angelo Gallina *

Andrea Habay Andrea Habay (1883–1941) was a French film actor. Habay appeared in more forty films during the silent era, mostly in Italy. He also directed three films during the early 1920s. He played the role of Petronius in the 1924 epic '' Quo Vadis'',S ...

Amleto Novelli Amleto Novelli (18 October 1885 – 16 April 1924) was an Italian film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 110 films between 1909 and 1924. Selected filmography * ''Brutus'' (1911) * '' Agrippina'' (1911) * '' Quo Vadis'' (1913) * '' A ...

References

Bibliography

* Redi, Riccardo. ''Cinema muto italiano: 1896-1930''. Fondazione Scuola nazionale di cinema, 1999.

External links

* 1917 films 1910s historical films Cultural depictions of Ivan the Terrible Italian historical films Italian silent feature films 1910s Italian-language films Films set in Russia Films set in the 16th century Films directed by Enrico Guazzoni Italian black-and-white films {{historic-film-stub