Alexander Nevsky
1938 · Movie · 109 min · ★ 7.0 · 91% critics
When foreign knights invade medieval Russia and seize a key city, a respected leader is called on to unite ordinary people and nobles to defend their homeland. As the threat closes in, the defenders prepare for a decisive showdown on a frozen lake, while rival warriors try to prove their courage.
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Details
- Original title
- Александр Невский
- Years
- 1938
- Release date
- 1938-11-24
- Language
- Russian
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 91/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (234 votes)
About
You’ll like this if you want a classic, patriotic historical war story with a huge set-piece battle and bold, mythic storytelling, similar to Battleship Potemkin; Not for you if you dislike propaganda tones or stiff, old-fashioned performances.
Pros: stirring patriotism; iconic ice battle; memorable music | Cons: heavy-handed propaganda; stiff dialogue; thin romance subplot
Themes
- battle
- alexandre nevski
- alexander nevsky
- 13th century
Cast & crew
Nikolai Cherkasov
as Alexander Nevsky
Nikolai Okhlopkov
as Vasili Buslai
Andrei Abrikosov
as Gavrilo Oleksich
Valentyna Ivashova
as Olga Danilovna - a Maid of Novgorod
Lev Fenin
as The Archbishop
Sergei Blinnikov
as Tverdilo - Traitorous Mayor of Pskov
Nikolai Arsky
as Domash Tverdislavich - a Novgorod Boyar
Varvara Massalitinova
as Amelfa Timoferevna - Buslai's Mother
Naum Rogozhin
as Black monk
Vasiliy Novikov
as Pavsha, Vasilisa's father and voevoda of Pskov
Directed by Sergei Eisenstein, Dmitriy Vasilev