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Nikolai Cherkasov,
Nikolai Cherkasov,
Nikolai Okhlopkov,
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Sergei Eisenstein,
Sergei Eisenstein
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: Criterion
: Classics, Foreign, Biopics, Russia, Criterion Collection
: 108 min.
: Russian
: English
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Like many of Eisenstein's best films, Alexander Nevsky was conceived as a morale-booster, aimed at stirring up Russian patriotism. It is set in the 13th century, but the villainous Teutonic Knights are obviously meant to represent the burgeoning threat of Hitler's hordes. With Russia besieged by both these knights and by the Tartars, only a charismatic leader can save the populace from these barbaric baby killers (yes, we see the villains tossing screaming infants into bonfires!) The hero of the piece is the legendary Prince Alexander Nevsky, portrayed by Nikolai Cherkasov, who bears a striking resemblance to Gary Cooper. The saving turnaround for Nevsky is the battle of ice-covered Lake Peipus in 1242. This bravura sequence is staged in spectacular fashion, underlined by the specially-commissioned music of Sergei Prokofiev. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Special Features:
- Audio essay by film scholar David Bordwell, author of The Cinema of Eisenstein
- Russell Merritt's multimedia essay on the Eisenstein-Prokofiev collaboration
- A 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
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by aabz
June 3, 2006 - 10:13 PM PDT
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1 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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it has clearer (restored) photography and many more extras, including one on prokofiev and eisenstien working together. it has stills from a second eisenstien film, and with this, magnificently composed photographs of the director and crew shooting the film, by another photographer.
alexander nevsky= a must see! criterion version |
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