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Alexander Nevsky

1938-11-24 · 109 min · ★ 7.1

Drama · History · War

When German knights invade Russia, Prince Alexander Nevsky must rally his people to resist the formidable force. After the Teutonic soldiers take over an eastern Russian city, Alexander stages his stand at Novgorod, where a major battle is fought on the ice of frozen Lake Chudskoe. While Alexander leads his outnumbered troops, two of their number, Vasili and Gavrilo, begin a contest of bravery to win the hand of a local maiden.

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Directors
Sergei Eisenstein, Dmitriy Vasilev
Production companies
Mosfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

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Nikolai CherkasovNikolai CherkasovAlexander Nevsky
Nikolai OkhlopkovNikolai OkhlopkovVasili Buslai
Andrei AbrikosovAndrei AbrikosovGavrilo Oleksich
Valentyna IvashovaValentyna IvashovaOlga Danilovna - a Maid of Novgorod
Lev FeninLev FeninThe Archbishop
Sergei BlinnikovSergei BlinnikovTverdilo - Traitorous Mayor of Pskov
Nikolai ArskyNikolai ArskyDomash Tverdislavich - a Novgorod Boyar
Varvara MassalitinovaVarvara MassalitinovaAmelfa Timoferevna - Buslai's Mother
Naum RogozhinNaum RogozhinBlack monk
Vasiliy NovikovVasiliy NovikovPavsha, Vasilisa's father and voevoda of Pskov

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