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ALEXANDER NEVSKY

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Rated: Unrated; Genre: Foreign Language; With: Nikolai Cherkassov and Nikolai Okhlopkov

ALEXANDER NEVSKY Nikolai Cherkassov, Nikolai Okhlopkov (1938, BMG Classics, subtitled, unrated, $24.98) Commissioned by Joseph Stalin to promote patriotism, Sergei Eisenstein's epic about the leader who saved Russia from a German invasion during the Middle Ages is a somewhat boring film made by a genius. The images are often beautifully composed, yet inactive -- like museum pieces. The real star of this film (essentially an extended battle sequence) is the thunderous score by Sergei Prokofiev. In this pristine restored version, conductor Yuri Temirkanov and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic give Nevsky new immediacy and excitement. B-

Posted May 05, 1995

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