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Aleksandr Nevskiĭ = Alexander Nevsky / Mosfilm Studio ; scenario, Pyotr Pavlenko, Sergei Eisenstein ; directed by Sergei Eisenstein, Dimitri Vasiliev.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 036 287 DVD + insert
Available
LIBRA DVD 001 542
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- 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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