The protagonist of this film confronts a priest as three choirboys wearing halos and carrying candles sing of the "Fiery Furnace of the Chaldeans" in the background. This film cuts to various spectators, such as three bald men wearing absurdly-oversized white ruffs, in a scene that climaxes with two bowls of coins being poured over the impassive protagonist's head. Men push cannons uphill and roll barrels into tunnels beneath a city's walls during an elaborate siege scene in this film. A character in this film wears a women's dress and a white mask with long braids while dancing during a ten-minute section that was shot on captured color film stock; that scene ends with the protagonist sending his (*) cousin off to a cathedral dressed in hi
The protagonist of this film confronts a priest as three choirboys wearing halos and carrying candles sing of the "Fiery Furnace of the Chaldeans" in the background. This film cuts to various spectators, such as three bald men wearing absurdly-oversized white ruffs, in a scene that climaxes with two bowls of coins being poured over the impassive protagonist's head. Men push cannons uphill and roll barrels into tunnels beneath a city's walls during an elaborate siege scene in this film. A character in this film wears a women's dress and a white mask with long braids while dancing during a ten-minute section that was shot on captured color film stock; that scene ends with the protagonist sending his (*) cousin off to a cathedral dressed in his robes, where an assassin kills him. A coronation scene opens the first part of this film, whose second part was banned because the portrayal of the title character angered Stalin. For 10 points, name this Sergei Eisenstein film about a czar.
The protagonist of this film confronts a priest as three choirboys wearing halos and carrying candles sing of the "Fiery Furnace of the Chaldeans" in the background.
Ivan the Terrible [or Ivan Grozniy; accept either Ivan the Terrible Part 1 or Ivan the Terrible Part 2]