Alexander Nevsky /
Story of Prince Alexander Nevsky and his successful resistance against an attempt by the Teutonic Knights to invade Russia in 1242.
| Uniform Title: | Aleksandr Nevskiĭ (Motion picture) |
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| Corporate Authors: | , , |
| Other Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Russian |
| Language Notes: | Russian language soundtrack with optional new English subtitle translation. |
| Published: |
[Irvington, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
[2001]
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| Edition: | RSDL dual-layer ed. |
| Series: | [Eisenstein, the sound years].
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 87. Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 86. Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) |
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| Summary: | Story of Prince Alexander Nevsky and his successful resistance against an attempt by the Teutonic Knights to invade Russia in 1242. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as motion picture in 1938. A foreign film (Soviet Union). Aspect ratio 1.33:1. New digital transfer, with extensive image and sound restoration. 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. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert. |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital, mono. |
| Production Credits: | Director, Sergei Eisenstein, with Dmitri Vasiliev ; musical score, Sergei Prokofiev. |
| ISBN: | 0780023250 0780023242 (set) |