Cover image for Alexander Nevsky
Title:
Alexander Nevsky
Author:
Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948.
Edition:
[DVD version].
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2001]

©2001
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
Biographical story of Prince Alexander Nevsky and his successful resistance against an attempt by the Teutonic Knights to invade Russia in 1242.
General Note:
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.

For specific features see interactive menu.
Language:
Russian
ISBN:
9780780023253
UPC:
037429149225
Format :
DVD