Synopsis
Looking for a solution to the riddle about the death of Ivan the terrible, this TV-movie gives also an almost nostalgic look at Moscow at the beginning of the 1990s, richly supplemented with nice image work about this legendary city.
- Programme: Timewatch
- Series: 24
- Episode: 01: Who Killed Ivan the Terrible?
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2005
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