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Alexander Nevsky Russian classic historical drama movie from 1938 – St. Alexander Nevsky an Orthodox King who defeated Roman Catholics

Friday, February 1st, 2013

Alexander Nevsky (Russian): Алекса́ндр Не́вский) is a 1938 historical drama movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein . It depicts the attempted invasion of Novgorod in the 13th century by the Teutonic Knights of the Holy Roman Empire and their defeat by Prince Alexander, known popularly as Alexander Nevsky (1220–1263).

Eisenstein made the film in association with Dmitri Vasilyev and with a script co-written with Pyotr Pavlenko ; they were assigned to ensure that Eisenstein did not stray into "formalism" and to facilitate shooting on a reasonable timetable. It was produced by Goskino via the Mosfilm production unit, with Nikolai Cherkasov in the title role and a musical score by Sergei Prokofiev, Alexander Nevsky was the first and most popular of Eisenstein's three sound films. In 1941 Eisenstein, Pavlenko, Cherkasov and Abrikosov were awarded the Stalin Prize for the film.

In 1978 the film was included in the world’s 100 best motion pictures according to the opinion poll conducted by Milan’s publishing house “A. Mondadori”


 

Alexander Nevsky Russian Classic movie 1938 – Teutonic Knights defeat by St. Alexander Nevsky