Alexander Nevsky
Mosfilm Studio; director, Sergei Eisenstein
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Creation:
- 1938
- Publication:
- [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2001]
- Copyright:
- ©2001
More Details
- Summary:
- Biographical story of Prince Alexander Nevsky and his successful resistance against an attempt by the Teutonic Knights to invade Russia in 1242.
- Contributors:
- Language Notes:
- Russian language soundtrack (mono) with optional English subtitles.
- Main Work:
- Related Series:
- Alternate Titles:
- Title on container: Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky
- Subjects:
- Genres:
- System Details:
- DVD ; widescreen presentation.
- Performers:
- Cast: Nikolai Cherkassov, N.P. Okhlopkov, A.L. Abrikossov, D.N. Orlov, V.K. Novikov.
- Production Credits:
- Directed by Sergi Eisenstein; Cinematographer, Eduard Tissé; Musical score, Sergei Prokofiev.
- General Notes:
- 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Originally released as motion picture in 1938.
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. - Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; monochrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- ALE 1938 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 0780023250
0780023242 (set) - Other Standard Numbers:
- Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: ALE020
- OCLC Numbers:
- 1053046188
46864409 [Invalid]
