Alexander Nevsky

Duration: 107 min

Year Published: 1938

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Famed patriotic spectacle made just before WWII recalls the invasion of Russia by Teutonic Knights in 1241 and the folk-hero Alexander Nevsky who repels them. A classic example of a director's mastery of all the film arts. (Russian dialogue with English subtitles.) , Historical episode in the heroic deeds of Alexander Yaroslavich, the Russian prince of the 13th century, who gained a great victory over invading hosts of Teutonic knights. Russian film with English subtitles. Stars Nicolai Cherkassov.

Complete Record: , , Teutonic knights invade Russia in 1241, and are checked only after heroic Nevsky, Prince of Novgorod, defeats them in battle on a frozen lake. Completed on the eve of World War II, the film aimed to unify popular resistance against Nazi Germany. (Circulates) , , , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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Kinonik, New York Public Library, Visual Studies Workshop

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