Alexander Nevsky
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2001].
Language
rus

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1.33:1 aspect ratio.
General Note
Originally released as motion picture in 1938.
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Special features include: new digital transfer, with extensive image and sound restoration ; audio essay by film scholar David Bordwell ; Russell Merritt's multimedia essay on the Eisenstein-Prokofiev collaboration ; reconstruction of Eisenstein's unfinished film Bezhin Meadow by the Eisenstein Museum's Naum Kleiman, plus scholar Jay Leyda's photos and documents from the set ; drawings and production stills ; restoration demonstration ; new English subtitle translation.
Creation/Production Credits
Director, Sergei Eisenstein ; musical score, Sergei Prokofiev.
Participants/Performers
Nikolai Cherkassov, N.P. Okhlopkov, A.L. Abrikossov, D.N. Orlov, V.K. Novikov.
Description
Biographical story of Prince Alexander Nevsky and his successful resistance against an attempt by the Teutonic Knights to invade Russia in 1242.
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DVD format.
Language
Russian language soundtrack (mono) with optional English subtitles.

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