Alexander Nevsky (Aleksandr Nevskiy) (1938)

1001 Movies ... my own version (1930's) (90 movies items)

" Notes: The story turned out to pretty simple after all. Indeed, Russia was invaded by the Germans, Aleksandr Nevsky managed to gather Russian fighters from all over the country and they kicked the Germans’s asses, not much more than that and, to be honest, I have to admit that I actually had a hard time to get into the damned thing after all. The tricky thing with such movies is that you might dismiss then because they might seem outdated. Sure, the battle scenes in a modern blockbuster like"

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" Notes: The story turned out to pretty simple after all. Indeed, Russia was invaded by the Germans, Aleksandr Nevsky managed to gather Russian fighters from all over the country and they kicked the Germans’s asses, not much more than that and, to be honest, I have to admit that I actually had a hard time to get into the damned thing after all. The tricky thing with such movies is that you might dismiss then because they might seem outdated. Sure, the battle scenes in a modern blockbuster like"

A classic

“Since this movie was the last classic directed by Sergei Eisenstein that I haven’t seen yet so far, i was quite eager to check it out. Well, the story turned out to pretty simple after all. Indeed, Russia was invaded by the Germans, Aleksandr Nevsky managed to gather Russian fighters from all over the country and they kicked the Germans’s asses, not much more than that and, to be honest, I have to admit that I actually had a hard time to get into the damned thing after all. I don’t know, I was also dealing with some personal stuff at the time so I was probably too distracted. The tricky thing with such movies is that you might dismiss then because they might seem outdated. Sure, the battle scenes in a modern blockbuster like ’Braveheart‘ might be more impressive and/or convincing” read more

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"25.3 NL/Eisenstein Spede Pasanen, joka onkin Stalin, seisoo kahareisin Peipsijärven jäällä Äiti Venäjän lukkona. Pyhä Saksalais-Roomalainen Keisarikunta pysähtyy Venäjän porteille. 30-luvun kytöpalon ollessa juuri räjähtämäisillään Eisenstein teki uhittelevan stalinistisen sotaelokuvan Aleksander Nevskistä. Elokuvasta muistetaan ansaitusti vaikutusvaltainen mylly järven jäällä sekä Prokofjevin soundtrack. Kuvaus on myös jyrkkine sommitelmineen suurin piirtein komeampaa "

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"Alexander Nevsky (Sergei M. Eisenstein & Dmitriy Vasilev, 1938)"