Other author/creator | Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948. |
Other author/creator | Pavlenko, Petr Andreevich, 1899-1951. |
Other author/creator | Vasilʹev, Sergeĭ, 1900-1959. |
Other author/creator | Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. |
Other author/creator | Cherkasov, Nikolaĭ Konstantinovich, 1903-1966. |
Other author/creator | Okhlopkov, N. P. (Nikolaĭ Pavlovich) |
Other author/creator | Abrikosov, Andreĭ Lʹvovich, 1906-1973. |
Other author/creator | Temirkanov, I︠U︡. |
Other author/creator | Moskovskai︠a︡ kinostudii︠a︡ "Mosfilʹm." |
Other author/creator | Janus Films. |
Other author/creator | Criterion Collection (Firm) |
Uniform title | Aleksandr Nevskiĭ (Motion picture) |
Variant title |
Title on container: Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky |
Series |
Eisenstein, the sound years Eisenstein, the sound years. UNAUTHORIZED
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Abstract |
Biographical story of Prince Alexander Nevsky and his successful resistance against an attempt by the Teutonic Knights to invade Russia in 1242. |
General note | 1.33:1 aspect ratio. |
General note | Originally released as motion picture in 1938. |
General note | 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. |
Credits | Director, Sergei Eisenstein ; musical score, Sergei Prokofiev. |
Cast |
Nikolai Cherkassov, N.P. Okhlopkov, A.L. Abrikossov, D.N. Orlov, V.K. Novikov. |
Technical details | DVD. |
Language | Russian language soundtrack (mono) with optional English subtitles. |
ISBN | 0780023250 |
ISBN | 0780023242 (set) |
Publisher number | ALE020 Criterion Collection |