Aleksandr Nevskiy (Александр Невский) - Sergei M. Eisenstein (1938)
Aleksandr Nevskiy (Александр Невский) - Sergei M. Eisenstein (1938)
aka: "Alexander Nevsky" - "Alexandre Nevsky"
DVDRIP | 104 min | MKV-x264 720x544 | 25 fps | Ogg Vorbis 192 kb/s | 1,26 GB
Language: Russian | Subtitles: English - French - Spanish - Portuguese optional srt files | Genre: Action - Drama - History - War - Propaganda
MUSICAL SCORE BY SERGEI PROKOFIEV
aka: "Alexander Nevsky" - "Alexandre Nevsky"
DVDRIP | 104 min | MKV-x264 720x544 | 25 fps | Ogg Vorbis 192 kb/s | 1,26 GB
Language: Russian | Subtitles: English - French - Spanish - Portuguese optional srt files | Genre: Action - Drama - History - War - Propaganda
MUSICAL SCORE BY SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein
Writers: Sergei M. Eisenstein, Pyotr Pavlenko
Soviet Union - 1938 - B&W
Cast: Nikolai Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov, Andrei Abrikosov, Dmitri Orlov, Vasili Novikov, Nikolai Arsky, Varvara Massalitinova, Vera Ivashova, Aleksandra Danilova, Vladimir Yershov
One of the best effort of Soviet propaganda, "Alexander Nevsky" is a masterpiece, a 1938 historical drama film directed by Sergei Eisenstein, in association with Dmitri Vasilyev and a script co-written with Pyotr Pavlenko, who were assigned to ensure 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 most popular of Eisenstein's three sound films.
The film depicts the attempted invasion of Novgorod in the 13th century by Teutonic Knights of the Holy Roman Empire and their defeat by the Russian people, led by Prince Alexander, known popularly as Alexander Nevsky. It begins as the knights invade and conquer the city of Pskov with the help of the traitor Tverdilo and massacre its population. In the face of resistance by the boyars and merchants of Novgorod (urged on by the monk Ananias), Nevsky rallies the common people of Novgorod and in a decisive Battle of the Ice, on the surface of the frozen Lake Chudskoe.
A sometimes-humorous subplot throughout the film concerns Vasili Buslai and Gavrilo Oleksich, two famous warriors from Novgorod and friends, who become commanders of the Novgorod forces and who engage in a contest of courage and fighting skill throughout the Battle on the Ice in order to decide which of them will win the hand of Olga Danilovna, a Novgorod maiden whom both of them are courting.
Aleksandr Nevskiy (Александр Невский) - Sergei M. Eisenstein (1938)
Aleksandr Nevskiy (Александр Невский) - Sergei M. Eisenstein (1938)
Aleksandr Nevskiy (Александр Невский) - Sergei M. Eisenstein (1938)
Aleksandr Nevskiy (Александр Невский) - Sergei M. Eisenstein (1938)
Aleksandr Nevskiy (Александр Невский) - Sergei M. Eisenstein (1938)
Aleksandr Nevskiy (Александр Невский) - Sergei M. Eisenstein (1938)
