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Alexander Nevsky

Original title: Aleksandr Nevskiy
  • 19381938
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 52m
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7.5/10
12K
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Nikolay Cherkasov in Alexander Nevsky (1938)
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The story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights.The story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights.The story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights.
IMDb RATING
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12K
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    • Sergei Eisenstein
    • Dmitriy Vasilev
    • Sergei Eisenstein
    • Pyotr Pavlenko
  • Stars
    • Nikolay Cherkasov
    • Nikolai Okhlopkov
    • Andrei Abrikosov
    • Sergei Eisenstein
    • Dmitriy Vasilev
    • Sergei Eisenstein
    • Pyotr Pavlenko
  • Stars
    • Nikolay Cherkasov
    • Nikolai Okhlopkov
    • Andrei Abrikosov
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 100User reviews
    • 48Critic reviews
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    Nikolay Cherkasov and Andrei Abrikosov in Alexander Nevsky (1938)
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    Nikolay Cherkasov
    Nikolay Cherkasov
    • Aleksandr Nevsky
    • (as N. Cherkasov)
    Nikolai Okhlopkov
    • Vasili Buslai
    • (as N. Okhlopkov)
    Andrei Abrikosov
    Andrei Abrikosov
    • Gavrilo Oleksich
    • (as A. Abrikosov)
    Dmitriy Orlov
    Dmitriy Orlov
    • Ignat - the Master Armorer
    • (as D. Orlov)
    Vasili Novikov
    Vasili Novikov
    • Pavsha - Governor of Pskov
    • (as V. Novikov)
    Nikolai Arsky
    • Domash Tverdislavich - a Novgorod Boyar
    • (as N. Arsky)
    Varvara Massalitinova
    Varvara Massalitinova
    • Amelfa Timoferevna - Buslai's Mother
    • (as V. Massalitova)
    Valentina Ivashova
    Valentina Ivashova
    • Olga Danilovna - a Maid of Novgorod
    • (as V. Ivashova)
    Aleksandra Danilova
    Aleksandra Danilova
    • Vasilisa - a Maid of Pskov
    • (as A. Danilova)
    Vladimir Yershov
    • Von Balk - Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
    • (as V. Yershov)
    Sergei Blinnikov
    Sergei Blinnikov
    • Tverdilo - Traitorous Mayor of Pskov
    • (as S. Blinnikov)
    Ivan Lagutin
    • Anani - a Monk
    • (as I. Lagutin)
    Lev Fenin
    Lev Fenin
    • The Archbishop
    • (as L. Fenin)
    Naum Rogozhin
    • The Black-Hooded Monk
    • (as N. Rogozhin)
    Nikolai Aparin
    • Mikhalka
    • (uncredited)
    Boris Belyakov
    Boris Belyakov
    • Rytsar
    • (uncredited)
    A. Gulkovski
    • Teutonic Knight
    • (uncredited)
    Avenir Gulkovskiy
    • rytsar Tevtonskogo ordena
    • (uncredited)
      • Sergei Eisenstein
      • Dmitriy Vasilev
      • Sergei Eisenstein
      • Pyotr Pavlenko
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    • Trivia
      Iosif Stalin wanted this film to be a propaganda tool to warn Soviet citizens to be wary of German aggression. However, it was rejected at first due to it being "too anti-German", as it came out shortly before the Soviet-German non-aggression pact of 1939 was signed. In 1941, the peace was broken and Stalin reportedly demanded that it be shown in every Soviet movie theater as a rallying cry against the invasion.
    • Goofs
      Gavrila Alexich, one of the movie's main protagonists, could not participate in the Battle of Ice. He was killed one year before it, in 1241, storming the fortress of Koporye.
    • Quotes

      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!

    • Crazy credits
      Before the word "End" appears Alexandr Nevsky's famous quote "But those who come to us sword in hand will die by the sword! On that Russia stands and forever will we stand!" appears on the screen, right after Nevsky said it in the movie.
    • Alternate versions
      A new edition appeared on video in 1995 with the entire Prokofiev score newly recorded in hi-fi stereo, using the same 1938 orchestrations and perfectly synchronized to the original 1938 dialogue and sound effects tracks, so that it is now possible to see and hear the film exactly as it always was, with the exception being that the music is now heard in hi-fi sound, rather than the tinny 1938 recording.
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      Edited into Wizards (1977)

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    10/10
    One Brief Moment Shows Eisenstein's Genius
    I've loved this movie since the first time I saw it lo these many years ago. I'm not sure how many times I've seen it, perhaps 10, perhaps 20. This last time I watched it I was struck by a detail that I hadn't noticed before.

    Toward the end of the picture, the slain heroes are conveyed back to the town via sled. There are a couple of closeups of the dead men. The one that struck me most was a shot of the blond youth. All you see on the screen is his profile from head to hands. His hands hold a flickering candle. The wind is blowing and his thick blond hair is dancing in the wind, in sync with the flicker of the candle flame. The contrast between death and the life he has lost is incredibly powerful. The moving hair and candle flame remind us of the life force that once inhabited his body.

    Every time I revisit this film I see something new.
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    • Nov 26, 2006

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    • Release date
      • March 22, 1939 (United States)
      • Soviet Union
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Moscow, Russia
    • Production company
      • Mosfilm
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    • 1 hour 52 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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