Alexander Nevsky Movie Review 1938

A story of the invasion of Russia in 1241 by the Teutonic Knights of Germany and the defense of the region by good old Prince Nevsky. Eisenstein's first completed project in nearly ten years, it was widely regarded as an artistic disappointment upon release and as pro-war propaganda for the looming conflict with the Nazis. Fabulous Prokofiev score illuminates the classic battle scenes, which used thousands of Russian army regulars. Russian with subtitles.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 110 minutes.
Originally from Russian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, War, General, Royalty, Russian, Big Battles

Screenplay

Sergei Eisenstein, Pyotr Pavlenko

Cast

Nikolai Cherkassov, Nikolai P. Okhlopkov, Andrei Abrikosov, Alexandra Danilova, Dmitri Orlov, Vera Ivasheva, Sergei Blinnikov, Lev Fenin, Vladimir Yershov, Nikolai Arsky, Naum Rogozhin, Varvara O. Massalitinova, Vasili Novikov, Ivan Lagutin

Cinematography

Eduard Tisse

Director

Sergei Eisenstein

Music

Sergei Prokofiev