Alexander Nevsky | DRAMA | FULL MOVIE | by Sergei Eisenstein 

Before 300, before LOTR, before Braveheart, before Conan the Barbarian...this film inspired them all, and shaped them all.

Could talk about this film forever, as I could about it's director...However, let me just say that in Russia, there is such a thing as the Alexander Nevsky medal, awarded to Red Army Commanders for bravery, and later to civil servants with more than 20 years of exceptional service to the nation, that bear the image of Nikolai Cherkassov, the actor who plays him in this film, as there have been no other historical images of the real Alexander!...Such was the identification of him in the eyes of the people who have been enjoying this exceptional film since its production in 1938, with this towering figure of Soviet Cinema and theater, who, of course, also plays Ivan the Terrible in the recent uploads...Thank you Mosfilm, for completing this unique collection of Soviet Masterpieces with another memorable classic!...👏👏👏

Un film meraviglioso! Un saluto dall'Italia, con la Russia e i Grande Popolo Russo nel cuore, sempre!

Eisenstein never made a bad film, and this was one of his greatest. A complete work of art, Prokofiev's music follows the contours of the shots.

Please give each of these films a try. Russian cinema has a lot of heart to it. This version of Alexander is very clean, better picture than my Criterion dvd. AND PROKOFIEV'S SCORE! MAGNIFICENT!

For years I watched certain parts of this movie for the music. Tonight I watched the entire movie and was deeply moved by it.

One the most important films in the history. This is the blueprint of how the great battle scenes are made to this day, and Eisenstein did it almost one hundred years ago. The film also had very important ideological context in the day, as the imminent clash of USSR and Nazi Germany was on the horizon. Although communist and internationalist, USSR started to call upon the traditions of Russian people fighting the invaders.

Serge Eisenstein, qui était non seulement un cinéaste de génie, mais un musicien fin et sensible, doué dans ce domaine d’un instinct infaillible et Sergei Prokofiev , un autre titan , genie musical . Cette rencontre a pu être comparée sans exagération à celle de Mozart et de Lorenzo da Ponte, ou de Verdi et d’Arrigo Boïto, ou encore de Richard Strauss et d’Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Rare dans le domaine de l’opéra, cette miraculeuse symbiose est demeurée unique dans l’histoire du cinéma.Merci de partager cette oeuvre d'art extraordinaire pour les sens!

Legendary Prokofiev's music

Crazy to think that just a few years later most of the actors would fight real germans on the battlefield

THANK YOU mosfilm for this wonderful movie! Long live Russian art! Watching from India. Plz bring more movies of russian history. 🇮🇳🇷🇺

I lived in Russia for three years and was lucky to visit both Pskov and Novgorod, as well as the monument on the lake where the battle is said to have been fought. And as it was winter and everything was covered in snow, it made the experience even more unforgettable. Final message of the film: don't mess with Russia.

Thanks Mosfilm for a remastered copy , my dvd copy ,I bought 20 plus years ago ,not as sharp as this one. Having seen Ivan The Terrible on French tv as a kid and having been smacked around the face by that Masterpiece, I waited a few years before seeing Alexander Nevsky, having only the film score to imagine the film. Million Thanks again Mosfilm👍👍👍

Truly a masterpiece. Thank you Mosfilm for making this available to see.

Another Russian masterpiece studied and appreciated by students of "History of Cinema exam" in italian colleges and all around the world of culture. 🇷🇺

Slava Bogu! Slava Rusii!

The geat filmmaker Stan Brakhage did a whole semester lecture and film series on Eisenstien at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 70's....it was a life changer. Eisenstien remains the master...his influence is still huge.

This epic movie inspired dozens of very famous films afterwards. Now I understand where most of the armours of the LOTR come from. Also Kingdom of Heaven, and the character of Igor in Frankenstein Junior have something to do with it. Thank you Mosfilm for the excellent job!

Amazing restoration. The last time I saw the film about 15 yrs ago, the resolution was poor and the editing was terribly choppy. What skill and dedication!

One of my favorite movies of all time, I first saw it in 1980 back then Channel 2 out of NYC would air old movies after 11:30pm and if the sky was fairly clear, I could pick up the channel where I lived in CT some 140 miles from Manhatten Island NYC.

In the mid 90s I saw this at Hollywood Bowl with the Philhatmonic playing the Prokoviev score LIVE

The film is a superb accomplishment. The Prokofiev score remains monumental. I heard the music in concert before I saw the film and was enthralled.

Excellent film. The first time I saw it was at the New York Philharmonic (in 2006?). The movie showed on the screen with (if I remember correctly) subtitles in English. The music was performed live by the orchestra and the vocals by the New York Choral. Memorable experience.

It appears like Hitler and his generals hadn't watched this movie, prior than Operation Barbarossa was carried out.

Which means Ivan has been kicking German butt for almost a thousand years and Otto (then under the alias Teutonic Knights) still doesn't learn his lesson. And this is the smartest people in the world....!

This film has the best medieval battle scene in cinema, something that Hollywood has never managed to do to this day.

Esta película es un clásico de clásicos. Gracias por compartirla, saludos desde Ecuador.

Очень любила актера Н. Черкасова, в нем все и талант и красота и ум. А как он играл, таких в наше время днем с огнем не найдешь. Человетище с большей буквы.

Another real masterpiece!

Another Masterpiece by Eisenstein. And this time with Prokofiev dazzling score. Thanks so much for uploading this unique film🙏

1938?? It should got an Oscar!! Great cast for The Rus people! Bravo.

a long-suffering people who always suffered raids from their neighbors. Studying the history of Russia, you understand why it is called holy; so much blood has not been shed on any land...

Premiering on the eve of WW2 I can't help but think about the political significance of this film and how it was a way to introduce the upcoming conflict on the psyche of the nation.

.....this Eisenstein film with its Prokofiev music was extremely influential to Stanley Kubrick when making 2001 A Space Odyssey, apparently he played it repeatedly when he bought the vinyl record pressing of the film score to the utter annoyance of his wife!! (the music just continued playing with him in his head!).....I can also see elements and cinema shots within this film that Orson Welles utilized 3 years later in Citizen Kane 1941.....

its like mosfilm is reading my mind. Thank you for this!

I really enjoyed this, thank you very much. Such creative filming. It is a bit like watching theatre turned into film and some of Alexander's quotes are as relevant today as they were when he said them.

For 1938, this is pretty damn good!

The brilliance of this movie is overwhelming. Long live the Russian people!!!!

Также было бы здорово, если бы можно было загружать советские и российские документальные фильмы. Большое спасибо. Приветствую вас из Чили

Thank you for making this free for all to see. A fantastic piece of film making, and a powerful polemic. Every time I've watched this I have been moved by it's brilliance.

A masterpiece of cinema.

Действительно красиво здорово.... Да здравствует Россия!!!! Вы вызываете все мое восхищение и уважение.... Я всем сердцем в России.

Long live Russian arts!!!!

i was born in the usa and grew up thinking we were the best nation on earth. just like people everywhere think their nation is the best. but as i grew older and found out how evil my government really is ive had a big change of heart. america has done some bad shit around the world and at home, starting with the native people who lived here before. we have no right to judge any other country, we are just as bad as the rest. humans are the problem we will destroy ourselves in the end.

This 1938 film turned out to be a prediction of the World War II and the USSR's Patriotic War against Nazi Germany.

a boost for russian morale....at a time when it was sorely needed!...

Wonderful movie!!! My favorite by Mr. Eisenstein!! ✌🇧🇷

Capolavoro assoluto. Alla faccia dell’ imperialismo Usa e vassalli

1:09:05 The man out here living his best life. Swinging a log, beating up Teutonic knights, and hydrating

A true masterpiece. But I wonder if it is at all possible to get the version with the 1995 soundtrack? Listening to the clear music by Prokofiev would elevate it greatly.

My friends and I watched this in our Film Studies class in college, we all loved Vasilisa!!!

красиво скачут, Василий Иванович. интеллигенты, Александр Ярославич.

Prokofiev score made this movie even more powerful

In the Alexander Nevsky cemetery in St. Petersburg are buried many of the greats of Russian culture, especially music. But not Prokofiev, who wrote the astounding music for this film (he's buried in Moscow). The cemetery and monastery are an easy walk from the main shopping street, Nevsky Prospekt. Don't miss it if you're in St. Pete.

A brilliant film 🎉. 2004’s King Arthur steals the ice lake scene 😊. Impressive ❤. I’m guessing Darth Vader’s helmet comes from the Teutonic Knights

Thanx for sharing this outstanding piece for cinema goers. ✨👨‍🎨✨

Uuaaoo increíble para ser una película antigua es muy buena, esas iglesias tienen un buen diseño una maravilla esas iglesias a mi parecer deberían hacer una versión más moderna de esta película sin duda alguna sería un éxito very good muy buena pelí 😃😃😃👍

A great classic.

Great movie to film and produce just a mere few years before the Battle of Stalingrad.

That was a pretty awesome movie. Plenty of likeable characters to enjoy on screen. As soon as those Germans turned up all I could think of was Conan the Barbarian, for obvious reasons. Music was great too.

I can hear Anvil of Crom starting from 56:56. Basil must have watched this masterpiece.

Epik bir kahramanlık destanı. Tarihin bağrından çıkmış gibi. Kesinlikle en iyi tarihi savaş filmlerinden biri. Prens rolünde yer alan Nikolai Cherkasov rolünün hakkını vermiş. Eisenstein büyük bir yönetmen.

Obra maestra, sin duda ...

What a masterpiece!!! Superb!!

One of 10 best films of all time. I have one of top 5 Russian films that was removed. This is my Airshow part 1, 2, 3,. Notice the cloud formations in this film. Not by chance. Germans gonna try a 4th?

Germans has never changed...

Музыка Прокофьева в этом фильме исполняет свою огромную роль, и без этой музыки фильм просто не мыслим.

Thank you so much for sharing ❣️🙏🤗

found out about this movie via Tom Clancys' novel 'Red Storm Rising"... damn I'm glad i did!

My favourite shot in the movie was 1:24:24, of the rus and german lying side by side.

My appreciation to Mosfilm for putting out this beautiful and amazing classic Soviet era film out with the english subtitles. Enjoyed it immensely. And look forward to more of the older soviet films.. Anything pre 1970's I so much love.

This movie was relesed few years before Operation Barbarossa. It's realese was prescient.

Soy argentino me gusta el cine ruso lastima que no están doblada al español

1:07:03 slavic armor looks cool as they are the roman varangian guard

this movie belongs to my favorite movies it's a 'chef d'oeuvre'

Wonderful movie and very actual in present day when western ''Crusaders'' although today they fight for "'Democracy and Freedom''' rather than Christ are waging war against Russia and Orthodox Slavic civilization, epecially the first scene is haunting given that movie was filmed three years before Fascist Germany agression against the USSR and now Germany are against supporting nazis.

This is such a tremendous film, one of the best ever made, and it’s really sad that it rather presaged Operation Barbarossa. Thank God the Soviet peoples prevailed despite Stalin! I love the score by Prokofiev, too, and am watching this again after seeing a performance of the cantata Prokofiev arranged from the score for choir, orchestra and soloists….just tremendous! I do not use that word lightly. Despite using it here, twice! Cherkasov was born to play Nevsky, and his performance will live forever, along with Eisenstein’s magnificent vision.

Очень жалко, что сухой перевод на английский теряет много смысла от оригинального русского.

Klasyka. 👌 Super muzyka. 👍

¡Por favor, subtítulos en español! ¡Saludos!

Absolutely adorable 🥰

I have a review of this in IMDb. It is indeed a great, classic, patriotic film. The cover for this RU-vid entry is colored, and I was hoping it has been colorized.

Могучий фильм. Николай Черкасов - гениальный актёр.

L'anima profoda e immortale della Russia. Ogni riferimento all'attualità è puramente casuale.

Vom historisch-politischen Kontext (Stalinzeit) abgesehen: Eisensteins Film ist und bleibt eins der ganz großen Werke der Filmgeschichte! Es mit kritischen Augen zu betrachten, den politischen Kontext im Hinterkopf, nimmt diesem Meisterwerk nichts, sondern hilft nur, es besser zu verstehen.

Mi Ruski! Snami Bog! Aleksandar Nevski!

Thanks

We talk about year 1938. No computers. Every scene and fighting acenes you need to do with actor's 100 times better than Hollywood at that time. Great. Thank you.

If you have time and desire, read the History of Russia. Then you will know who is better. After Alexander the Great, only a memory remained. After Alexander Nevsky RUSSIA

Bueno aunk no tenga subtitulos en español sin duda es una buena película pero con el tiempo talvez sea subtitulada very good 👍👍👍😃

Музыка Сергея Прокофьева завораживает .

The film shows the Russians soul. I loved it

¡ Glory¡ Thank you sirs .

Masterpiece even in 2024

Great history movie!. Glory to RUSSIA then and now!

Nice 😮

the scene at 19:11 seems to have different audio than the version from before, is this a remake or re recording?

Subtitulo en ESPAÑOL,por favor ,lo agradeceremos mucho, miles y miles de espectadores

En esta pelicula se juntan 2 genios del arte: Einsestein y Prokofiev, lo quiero sub esp

Such a wonderful film. I love all the costumes…it’s a shame the film hasn’t been colourised yet!