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Aleksanteri Nevski

Aleksanteri Nevski

War History Drama

1938, Movie, 1h 49min

Eisenstein drew on history, Russian folk narratives, and the techniques of Walt Disney to create this broadly painted epic of Russian resilience. This story of Teutonic knights vanquished by Prince Alexander Nevsky’s tactical brilliance resonated deeply with a Soviet Union concerned with the rise of Nazi Germany. Widely imitated, most notably by Laurence Olivier’s Battle of Agincourt re-creation for HENRY V, the Battle on the Ice scene remains one of the most famous audio-visual experiments in film history, perfectly blending action with the rousing score of Sergei Prokofiev.

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Directors:

Sergei Eisenstein,

Dmitriy Vasilev

Cast:

Andrei Abrikosov,

Nikolai Cherkasov,

Sergei Blinnikov,

Valentyna Ivashova

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Critic David Parkinson

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Eisentein's character portrait is an example of his aesthetic portrayal of socio-political concerns whilst betraying some occasional emotional depth.

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Aleksanteri Nevski was released in theaters on November 24, 1938.