Derek Winnert

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The Patriot (1928, Emil Jannings, Lewis Stone, Florence Vidor, Neil Hamilton, Harry Cordling, Vera Voronina) – Classic Movie Review 12,227

The Patriot (1928) is Ernst Lubitsch’s last silent film, though an alternative version added music, sound effects and a few lines of dialogue. But only pieces of this film are left, including the trailers. The […]

Jul, 11

Romance of a Horsethief [Romansa konjokradice] ** (1971, Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Jane Birkin) – Classic Movie Review 9475

Director Abraham Polonsky’s 1971 adventure Romance of a Horsethief [Romansa konjokradice] [Le Roman d’un Voleur de Chevaux] is a little-seen, virtually ignored box-office flop. Based on a story by Joseph Opatoshu, it is a Jewish […]

Mar, 07

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars’ Plot [Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor] **** (1958, Nikolay Cherkasov, Serafima Birman, Pavel Kadochnikov) – Classic Movie Review 7473

In the sequel to Ivan the Terrible, Part 1 (1944), director Sergei M Eisenstein reconstructs the palace intrigues of the 1547-84 reign of Tsar Ivan IV (Nikolay Cherkasov), focusing on Ivan’s fight to consolidate the Russian Empire and his […]

Aug, 19

Ivan the Terrible, Part I [Ivan Groznyy] **** (1944, Nikolay Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman) – Classic Movie Review 7472

The last work of Russia’s most acclaimed revolutionary director Sergei M Eisenstein was intended as a trilogy but only two parts were completed. Filming stopped after Part II was banned, but Part III’s concept is […]

Aug, 19

Nicholas and Alexandra **** (1971, Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Lynne Frederick, Fiona Fullerton, Harry Andrews, Laurence Olivier, Tom Baker, Michael Redgrave, Irene Worth, Jack Hawkins, Alexander Knox) – Classic Movie Review 4,811

Tsars in their eyes Michael Jayston and Janet Suzman grab their chances to shine as the Russian royal pair Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra in Franklin J Schaffner’s sumptuous double Oscar-winning 1971 film […]

Dec, 27

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