Alexander Nevsky
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$17.99
- SKU: 34240
- Label(s): MosFilm
- Subtitles: No Subtitles
- Languages: Russian
- Format: Black & White
- Soundformat: Dolby Digital Mono
- Genre(s): History , Drama , Classic films , Retro
- Year of release: 2007 (1938)
- Recording length: 111 min
- Director Сергей Эйзенштейн, Дмитрий Васильев
- Script Сергей Эйзенштейн, Петр Павленко
- Camera Эдуард Тиссэ
- Music Sergey Prokofiev
- Cast Николай Черкасов, Федор Одиноков, Николай Охлопков
Eisenstein drew on history, Russian folk narratives, and the techniques of Walt Disney to create this broadly painted epic of Russian resilience. This story of Teutonic knights vanquished by Prince Alexander Nevsky’s tactical brilliance resonated deeply with a Soviet Union concerned with the rise of Nazi Germany. Widely imitated—most notably by Laurence Olivier’s Battle of Agincourt re-creation for Henry V —the Battle on the Ice scene remains one of the most famous audio-visual experiments in film history, perfectly blending action with the rousing score of Sergei Prokofiev.