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Aleksandr Nevskiĭ = Alexander Nevsky / Mosfilm Studio ; scenario, Pyotr Pavlenko, Sergei Eisenstein ; directed by Sergei Eisenstein, Dimitri Vasiliev.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948, director, screenwriter.
Pavlenko, Petr Andreevich, 1899-1951, screenwriter.
Vasilʹev, D. (Dmitriĭ), director.
Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953, composer.
Cherkasov, Nikolaĭ Konstantinovich, 1903-1966, actor.
Okhlopkov, N. P. (Nikolaĭ Pavlovich), actor.
Abrikosov, Andreĭ Lʹvovich, 1906-1973, actor.
Moskovskai︠a︡ kinostudii︠a︡ "Mosfilʹm", producer.
Janus Films, distributor.
Criterion Collection (Firm), producer.
Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
Series:
Criterion collection ; 87.
Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Eisenstein, the sound years.
Eisenstein, the sound years
The Criterion collection ; 87
The Classic collection
Language:
English
Russian
Subjects (All):
Alexander, Grand Duke of Vladimir, 1220-1263.
Alexander.
Lake Peipus, Battle of, 1242--Drama.
Lake Peipus, Battle of, 1242.
History.
Russia.
Russia--History--1237-1480--Drama.
Motion pictures, Russian.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
monochrome
Other Title:
Alexander Nevsky
Aleksandr Nevskiy
Title on container: Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky
Place of Publication:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection ; [Place of publication not identified] : Janus Films, [2001]
Language Note:
Russian language soundtrack (mono) with optional English subtitles.
System Details:
DVD; Dolby digital mono.
digital
optical
mono
Dolby
video file
DVD video
Summary:
Biographical story of Prince Alexander Nevsky and his successful resistance against an attempt by the Teutonic Knights to invade Russia in 1242.
Participant:
Nikolai Cherkassov, N.P. Okhlopkov, A.L. Abrikossov, D.N. Orlov, V.K. Novikov.
Credits:
Director of photography, Eduard Tissé; original musical score by Sergei Prokofiev.
Notes:
Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1938.
Special features include: 1.33:1 aspect ratio; 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.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
ISBN:
0780023250
OCLC:
46864409
Publisher Number:
037429149225
ALE020 Criterion Collection

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