Memorable quotes for
Alexander Nevsky (1938) More at IMDbPro »Aleksandr Nevskiy (original title)

Alexandr Nevsky: Go tell all in foreign lands that Russia lives! Those who come to us in peace will be welcome as a guest. But those who come to us sword in hand will die by the sword! On that Russia stands and forever will we stand!
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Alexandr Nevsky: The Strength of a sword is measured by the arm that wields it!
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Vasilisa - a Maid of Pskov: I'm coming with you, father!
Pavsha - Governor of Pskov: Flee from here, Vasilisa! Remember the blood we shed! Avenge us! Avenge us!
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Pavsha - Governor of Pskov: [He has been hung by the Germans from the top of a tower] Go to Pereyaslavl! Summon Alexander! Dead Pskov calls out to you, Alexander!
[He dies]
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Gavrilo Oleksich: [to Ignat] Vasily's thinking of marriage.
Ignat - the Master Armorer: The nanny goat's in the yard and the billy goat wants in!
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Vasili Buslai: I've had my fill of slaughter... one day fighting, two days moping. I thought of going down the Volga to give my ax some play, but melancholy overtook me.
Gavrilo Oleksich: [unimpressed] You should enter a monastery.
Vasili Buslai: [annoyed] I've an affair of the heart in mind! If nothing comes of it, then I will join the monks!
Ignat - the Master Armorer: [to Gavrilo] The bear enters the monastery to steal the offerings from off the altar!
[They both laugh at Buslai]
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Alexandr Nevsky: [to the dead Domash] I won't let those dogs set one foot on Russian soil!
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Ignat - the Master Armorer: Vasily Buslai! And Gavrilo Oleksich! Your old friend greets you! I have Indian arrows, Tartar spears and sharp Saracen swords!
Gavrilo Oleksich: [with good humor] What lies! You forged them all yourself!
Ignat - the Master Armorer: [unfazed] Every bird pecks with its own beak.
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Von Balk - Grand Master of the Teutonic Order: [scornfully] The men who can defeat us have not yet been born.
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Vasili Buslai: [sulkily because Alexander has previously scolded him] Who will command the vanguard?
Alexandr Nevsky: You will! You ran all night, now by day you'll make a stand!
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Alexandr Nevsky: [to the Mongol Envoy] We have a saying: it's better to die for your country than to leave it.
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Vasilisa - a Maid of Pskov: [in the middle of the Battle on the Ice] Should we move the baggage sleds back?
Vasili Buslai: No! Die where you stand!
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Vasili Buslai: [referring to women in general] They won't let a man live or die in peace!
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Olga Danilovna - a Maid of Novgorod: [she has found both Buslai and Gavrillo seriously wounded but alive] You're alive, my dearest ones! Both of you alive!
Vasili Buslai: Where are the Germans?
Olga Danilovna - a Maid of Novgorod: Defeated, all of them! Some have fled, some sunk beneath the ice!
Vasili Buslai: [slowly, with wonder] Then we've won the day. Glory to the Prince and to all of us! Our blood was not spilt in vain.
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Amelfa Timoferevna - Buslai's Mother: [helping the wounded Buslai walk] You've shamed your mother. I wanted to celebrate your wedding.
Vasili Buslai: And so you shall.
Amelfa Timoferevna - Buslai's Mother: [grumbling] Why couldn't you have been first in battle?
Vasili Buslai: Well, I wasn't the last.
[he reaches out and takes Vasilisa by the hand, pulling her to him]
Vasili Buslai: Accept as your daughter-in-law this maiden in armor.
Amelfa Timoferevna - Buslai's Mother: [looks Vasilisa over, then smiles broadly] Eh! A beautiful maiden!
Vasili Buslai: We've always been able to take care of our own.
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Alexandr Nevsky: [to Buslai, angrily] If you can't fight on foreign soil, you have no right to fight on your own!
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Novgorod Merchant: [after Alexander has come to Novgorod] Go back to your Pereyaslavl! We don't want war!
Anani - a Monk: And we have no love for you!
Alexandr Nevsky: [to both of them] I haven't come to Novgorod as a lover, but as a military commander!
Mikula: [to both the merchant and Anani] If you rich folks don't follow him willingly, then the peasants will break every bone in your bodies!
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