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Alexander Nevsky

Alexander Nevsky

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Key Information
Directors: Sergei Eisenstein
Stars: Nikolai Cherkassov
Actors: Alexander Abrikossov
Genre: Foreign Films
Subgenre: Vintage · War · Big Battles · Classic Fight Scenes · Classic · Russian
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Available Formats: VHS: Restored
UPC: 090266270538
Release Date: 1938
Running Time: 1hr 47min
Languages
Original Language: Russian
DVD Editions
: Format: DVD, 1hr 48min
Release Company: Image Entertainment, Inc. (October 21, 1998)
UPC: 014381457520
VHS Editions
: Format: VHS, 1hr 47min
Professional Reviews
: (05/01/1995, p.134, Josh Rottenberg): Recommended
More Information
Details: Nikolai Cherkassov stars as the legenday Alexander Nevsky in Sergei Eisenstein's masterpiece of propaganda, made with the assistance of Stalin, to stir up Soviet audiences in anticipation of a Nazi invasion. Withdrawn from release after the signing of the Hitler-Stalin pact in 1939, it returned to Russian theaters in 1941, following the commencement of hostilities. The film is set in 13th-century Russia, as the religious brotherhood of the Teutonic Knights runs rampant throughout the land. Following the brutal sack of the city of Pskov, the people of Novgorod must decide if they will fight the invaders or, like other cities, bribe them to obtain peace. Opting to fight, they call on their greatest military leader, Alexander Nevsky, who is still recuperating with his troops from defeating the Swedish army. The historic battle on the frozen surface of Lake Peipus, pitting the peasant army of Nevsky against the better-equipped German force, is one of the most impressive spectacles in film history, a visual s...
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