film "Alexander Nevsky" by Sergei Eisenstein

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"Alexander Nevsky" is a 1938 Soviet historical drama directed by Sergei Eisenstein, renowned for its patriotic portrayal of Prince Alexander Nevsky’s defense of medieval Russia and its influential collaboration with composer Sergei Prokofiev.

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instanceOf film
basedOn life of Alexander Nevsky
characterPortrayedBy Alexander Nevsky – Nikolay Cherkasov NERFINISHED
cinematographer Eduard Tisse NERFINISHED
collaborationWith Sergei Prokofiev NERFINISHED
composer Sergei Prokofiev NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
director Sergei Eisenstein NERFINISHED
distributor Mosfilm NERFINISHED
editor Esfir Tobak NERFINISHED
Sergei Eisenstein NERFINISHED
featuresSequence Battle on the Ice on Lake Peipus NERFINISHED
filmFormat black-and-white film
filmingLocation Soviet Union NERFINISHED
genre historical drama
war film
hasScoreStyle choral-orchestral
hasTheme Russian nationalism
heroism
resistance to foreign invasion
influenced Soviet war cinema
development of film music
leadActor Nikolay Cherkasov NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Alexander Nevsky NERFINISHED
musicAdaptedAs Alexander Nevsky (cantata) NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus defense of Rus against Western invaders
notableFor influential battle sequences
innovative use of music and sound
patriotic themes
originalLanguage Russian
portrays Battle on the Ice NERFINISHED
Teutonic Knights NERFINISHED
defense of medieval Russia
portraysConflictBetween Novgorod Republic and Teutonic Order NERFINISHED
portraysHistoricalFigure Alexander Nevsky NERFINISHED
productionCompany Mosfilm NERFINISHED
productionStartYear 1937
releaseDate 1938-11-25
releaseYear 1938
runningTime approximately 112 minutes
screenwriter Pyotr Pavlenko NERFINISHED
Sergei Eisenstein NERFINISHED
setInCountry Russia NERFINISHED
setInPeriod 13th century

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Battle on the Ice hasCulturalDepiction film "Alexander Nevsky" by Sergei Eisenstein
Battle of the Ice isDepictedIn film "Alexander Nevsky" by Sergei Eisenstein
this entity surface form: Sergei Eisenstein film "Alexander Nevsky"
"Александр Невский" subjectOf film "Alexander Nevsky" by Sergei Eisenstein
subject surface form: Александр Невский
this entity surface form: фильм «Александр Невский» (режиссёр Сергей Эйзенштейн)