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Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur....
FEATURE FILMS
IVAN THE TERRIBLE PARTS 1 AND 2 (1944 and 1958)
Joseph Stalin commissioned from Sergei Eisenstein, the most prominent filmmaker of the early years of the Soviet Union, a historical movie on the life of the feudal tsar Ivan the Terrible, who was famed for his strong and cruel rule.
The first part of Eisenstein’s massive and unfinished saga, which covers Ivan’s early years as a ruler (when he was suppressing aristocracy), was praised by Stalin, but the second part—which unmasks the excesses of a brutal, absolutist emperor—was, understandably, panned by Stalin since the comparisons were too close for comfort.
Ivan The Terrible - Trailer (1945)
ROLLOVER (1981)
Alan J.
Pakula (All the President’s Men) directed Rollover, a currency crisis drama starring A-list names of the era, including Jane Fonda and Kris Kristofferson. Back in the days when Arab countries were trying to buy the world with oil money, it’s a tale of a