Fun fact: The music for this movie was made by Prokofiev, the famous Russian composer, and the way it was used during the battle scene is considered one of the definitive moments in the history of film scoring.
59:47 this is one of my top ten favourite scenes in cinema history, the knights are so threatening and haunting, the music fits perfectly with the film, everything about their appearance and the way they move is perfect. The music in that scene is so amazing! And in the next shot the way that the two soldiers hug each other is so convincing and well acted, such a great film for its time.
1:24:04 And how do you like this scene in the history of cinema? The knights of both troops are so safe, everything in their appearance and manner of their immovability is negligible. The music in this scene is amazing. This, in fact, anti-war film - for all time! А как вам эта сцена в истории кино? Рыцари обоих войск настолько безопасны, все в их внешности и способе их недвижности ничтожно. Музыка в этой сцене потрясающая. Эта, на самом деле, антивоенная кинокартина - на все времена!
@@tgamirov Conan the Barbarian was a series of books published during the seventies before it became a film. But the plot is earlier than this film. it is the plot from The Ring Cycle, which is so old, that no one knows the original author. The original legend came out of the Merovingian times during the first millennium and had to do with the Burgundians who had settled in Gaul. They were Swedish predecessors of Vikings. This is the story cycle that Wagner used for his Ring of the Niebelungen, and which Tolkien also sourced for his inspiration.
About 25 years ago this film was exhibited with live orchestra. I saw it at the Hollywood Bowl with Previn conducting the LA Philharmonic. It was absolutely stunning.
1:45 - Russia Under the Mongolian Yoke 3:16 - Song About Alexander Nevsky 21:56 - The Crusaders in Pskov 34:36 - Arise, Ye Russian People 55:23 - The Battle on the Ice 1:24:03 - The Field of the Dead 1:33:20 - Alexander's Entry Into Pskov
The empire and the Teutonic order in this movie are inspired by the same thing: The Nazis. This movie was produced at a time where the Soviet Union was already poised to have a conflict with germany and the costumes and themes reflect this. (Even Stalin knew that the Molotv-Ribbentrop Pact would only postpone the inevitable)
Фильм на все времена! А какая музыка!.. Гениально. Сколько раз смотрю - столько и восхищаюсь. И не только киношедевром. Историей земли Русской восхищаюсь.
Definitive epic battle movie totally influencial for films made years later in Hollywood and on directors around the world, oh and contains numerous sequences lifted shot for shot into Lord of the Rings and other great classics. The score is awesome as well hope someone is working to preserve it cause this version is highly compressed and could be digitally remastered better surely Prokofiev is worth the effort. Long live RVISION.
Eureka released a restoration of this film, but it is quite old and could probably be improved, especially since they are redoing their catalogue for Blu-ray.
You may be surprised why Prince Alexander is fishing while the threat is so heavy for the cities of Novgorod and Pskov. The city of Novgorod was at that time an oligarchic republic. Formal power belonged to the assembly of the city male population (Veche) which took the decision by shouting loudly and pressing upon the opponents, in many cases this resulted in bloody fights. But real power was in the hands of rich merchants and aristocrats, represented by the Alderman (Posadnik). For defence, the city, proudly calling itself Lord Great Novgorod, chose a prince who had to come with his army . But he had no right to rule the city and was to stay outside it with his force in special quarters (remnants preserved till now). In case of any discontent, the Veche could 'show Prince the way' , that is, to expel him from the city. After Alexander` s victory over the Swedes in 1240 (the Neva Battle) there was a conflict between him and the city aristocracy which made the Veche 'show him the way' out of the city. That is why in the film he is fishing in his domain, Pereyaslavl Zalessky (145 km from a tiny town known as Moscow), nervously waiting for the Novgorod delegation to call him back. Come to Novgorod for many remnants of that epoch that are still visible!
Thank you ! But nervous ? Watching the Prince confront the Mongols at the start of the film I'd say he hadn't a nerve in his body! I'd say he was awaiting the Novgorod delegation with stoic concern...
@@richardaverage4287 Yes he was nerveless with the Mongols. But remember how he tore the fishing net? He rightly considered the Germans more dangerous than the Mongols, and could do nothing against them as he had been exiled from Novgorod.
@@EugVan немцы считались опаснее, потому как у них в планах было завоевать не только земли, но и насадить иную веру, свою католическую. Истиная вера должна была быть полностью уничтожена. Поэтому наши предки поднялись. А с монголами разобрались позже, когда время пришло. Данный фильм снимался на фоне борьбы с православной верой (1938г. самый разгар), поэтому в нем эти моменты не могли быть озвучены.
One cannot help but be in the same measure amused and horrified at the fact that the absurd levels of cruelty shown by the Teutons in this film were to be rendered trivial when the actual Germans invaded in 1941.
Как сказал один старый офицер СС все было гораздо хуже, посмотрите фильм "Иди и смотри" если после просмотра вам будет плохо, знайте,что бывший офицер СС после просмотра на территории гДР в 1960 году, сказал- "Все было гораздо хуже чем было показано" после просмотра умножьте на 10!
@@gribrus527 Actually it was a Wehrmacht officer who stood up and said “everything you see in the movie is true , I’m embarassed that my kids and grandkids will watch it”.
@@russkayaimperiya5779 well their habits were way off, but the compturs helmet wasn’t way off if you are referring to that, it was historically proofed that these kind of decorated helmets did indeed exist...but if you weren’t referring to the helmets, what did you mean then ?
@@Philipp.of.Swabia their white robes, and the KKK and the teutons weren't far apart in terms of looting, murdering, and using catholicism as a justification
@@russkayaimperiya5779 well, the Teutonic Knights used white robes/capes, I don’t know about those priests, they look really like KKK, but the knights look realistic...
it was made when there was tensions between the Soviet Union and Germany. Removed from theaters when the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was signed. Then released again after Barbarossa. Everybody expected Stalin and Hitler to fight at some point, the only reason Stalin was attacked by surprise is because he thought Hitler wouldn't make a move against him as long as the job wasn't complete against the western Allies. Clever piece of propaganda, grounding the situation in history "look, they have tried to invade us since our first contact" that's less divisive than a fight between 2 totalitarian systems (the nazis were greeted as liberators in some regions, until they started doing war crimes).
@@Duke_of_Lorraine and the nazis are still welcomed as liberators in those very regions although they are indepent since a couple decades. so what does that tell you? you cant be serious to compare nazi deutschland to the soviet union..
@@Duke_of_Lorraine More complicated than that. First of all USSR not as much expected Hitler to finish England (what other Western Allies?) first as they were expecting rerun of either WWI start or Poland 1939 with some time for political tension to build up and creating "rightful" cause of war by Hitler. Instead "diplomatic silence" and sudden attack with excuses made up later. And as far as greeted as liberators - without pointing fingers in some parts of USSR they were indeed greeted as such with Jewish massacres (I'll spare you details) starting before first German soldier has arrived. And that attitude not changed much throughout war from certain group of people. Slavic territories had limited number of "greeters" again in specific areas or with specific background.
I'm a historian & collector of Crusader-era armour, I wonder what materials their costumes were made from. The Grand Knights sir Hubertus & sir Dietchlib have the tremendous great helms, it's really hard to tell if they are real steel or painted . But they are some imposing fellows, and the actors are quite good. It was a pleasant surprise when we get to see them un-helmed when the General promotes them to become Princes & Lords of the region. The wool shirts painted silver do work, & are much more comfortable for the actors to wear. I've worn full chainmail all day, and can assure you it's pretty miserable. As a fellow who's mixed Mongol/Russian/Polish, also with 30% German blood, having great grandfathers on both sides of this conflict, I really enjoy this film. I wonder if they knew at the time we'd all still be watching them & discussing this epic film so many years later. Salute!
are accurate armor replicas easy to find ? i mean ones that are manufactured with the same materials and manual crafstmanship used in the ancient times , i don't like the marks of modern machinery on replicas
@@_hunter_hunter1048 quite difficult and expensive, especially without modern machinery. Even then its unlikely you'll find "accurate" examples unless its based on an exact archeological find. Id assume most of this stuff was designed to "look the part" German sallet helms inspired the ww1 era steel helmets that continued to be used through ww2, and so it was clever propaganda by the soviets. Meanwhile those pointy helmet/hats the rus wear made a brief comeback during the revolution and interwar period as a callback to russias "glorious past" and so modern styles seemed to echo the old in a serendipitous way. You could achieve "close enough" (by 1930s standards especially) by just following the style of the day.
As a lover of film I have to say this is quite a masterpiece. The lighting and camera work is first class, that battle scene is phenomenal. I don't know if it was shot on a sound stage, back lot or a location though so I'll look it up on the making of this film. The richness in the black & white film, the shots of the clouds and the sun lighting on the Russian steps depict what early April probably looks like there (which historically was when the battle took place) I'd like to see some other Einsenstein directed films.
And in WWII Russian women did their part as snipers, tank drivers, and fighter pilots. One woman, Alexandra G. Samusenko, was commander of a T-34 tank battalion.
As a Jew, I relate to this intensely, passionately. First, there is something right out of the old testament, from Exodus: Just as Pharoh's armies were drowned in the sea, in this movie, the Teutons, or the Germans, were drowned in a body of water. The similarities are eerily astounding. Also, I love Russia for defeating Nazi Germany. And , as a Jew, I also despised the Teutonic Knights and the agents of the Pope who murdered all non conforming people and faiths. The mournful music when the people of Pskov were thrown into the fire,was so in sync with Jewish laments over the centuries.
The armor worn by the German knights probably pulled them down into the water much faster, since it was so heavy. That may be why soldiers don't wear armor today. Now that you mentioned it, the ice segment could be considered reminiscent of what happened in the Book Of Exodus. You're very observant.
It's kind of weird but sometimes you can hear stories of Turks and crusaders praising the other on how their enemy will die for their faiths. and there were crusader States that allowed religious diversity as long as the people helped them when the city was sieged sure there were atrocities committed by the Teutonic orders let's say The siege of Jerusalem or that incident about that one city that was housing cathars but I m not sure if these atrocities were ordered by higher-ups or just the actions of a random groups of Teutonic knights
The totalitarian Soviet regime that ruled Russia was far more evil (murderous and destructive of human flourishing) than was the third Reich, you obscurantist dradle.
I remember reading about this film in a Tom Clancy book years ago when I was still in high school. This is the first time I’ve actually seen it, and I can definitely understand the hype. 👍
@@millertheory7935 This is what the Nazis tried to recreate as they saw this period as their unfulfilled prophecy of eastward expansion. they saw these Teutonic knights as their mythical role models
It is an historic irony how a political propaganda film (during 1938 Russia was preparing its people for a bloody war against Germany and Stalin personally supervised the movie) became a masterpiece both as a movie and as music. The collaboration between Eisenstein and Prokofiev resulted in this summit of film making with enormous echoes in future cinema.and the integration of music to action, not just a background support. The visual beauty is overwhelming, as is the beauty of the music. This is one of the summits of XX century art.
Jorge Urzua Urzua, Stalin didn't only supervise the production but he ordered the director to make a movie what would boost the patriotism of the Russian people. And yes, it became one of the greatest movie of all the time thanks to Eizenstein and Prokofjev.
Jorge Urzua Urzua actually regarding the great Georgian not russian leader,Iosif Stalin didn’t expected to be attacked by Hitler since one year later he signed with Nazi Germany the pact of non agression which finished Poland!
In 1931, Stalin said: "the History of old Russia was, among other things, that it was continuously beaten for backwardness. Beat Mongol khans. Beat Turkish Becky. Beat Swedish feudal lords. The Polish-Lithuanian lords beat. Beat the Anglo-French capitalists. Beaten by the Japanese barons. Beat all-for backwardness. For military backwardness, for cultural backwardness, for state backwardness, for industrial backwardness, for agricultural backwardness ...We are 50-100 years behind the advanced countries. We have to run that distance in ten years. Either we do it, or we get crushed." The war began exactly ten years later. We were not defeated, although the victory came at too great a price.
@@abcdefghij8128 Where do you come from so stupid? Every allied soldier is a saved Soviet soldier.. And the Communists did not destroy the peoples of the USSR-this is your stupid lie.
Los caballeros teutónicos se preparan para el combate en Aleksndr Nevski (1938), de Eisentein (1898-1948). Esta obra destaca por la admirable armonía que reina entre las imágenes, de una extraña belleza, y la música dramática compuesta por Prokofiev.
this movie foreshadowed the war against germany during WWII. It is designed to place germans at the fore of the list of enemies against Russia. The Russians knew they would have to fight the germans at some point and they were making the people aware of the danger.
Me too and then i'm amazed by remarkable and espressive good looks of late nikolaj cerkasov...he was even more handsome without makeup and his gorgeous vocal timbre was so sultry and versatile also became he was especially a theater 's.actor
21:47 perfect example for the application of musical prowess in concert with cinematographic aptitude (btw. the east-german dubbing of this movie is worth listening to)
Yeah, sounds JUST LIKE James Horner from Star Trek III 'Klingons' (track 3 I believe) :-( I Loved Horner, but there are some pretty blatant rip-offs he did from classical works, now this...
Good prokofiev 's soundtrack suites this Beautiful movie,and cerkasov,ejestain and famous musician were perfect togheter....it was very hard for backthen to shoot a movie like this
Likewise misha zarov backthen dated gorgeous blonde missi ludmilla tzelikovskaja and others actors who worked with mister ejestain there have kids and mates
I like that film very much,but i dont like that antichristian propaganda. Russian are christians and will be Christians,but soviets didnt like that so they showed that that was a war between Russians and christians. We are orthodox but we respect Catholics. The reason why teutonics were trying to fight with us is because they wanted more lands,not only because Catholicism. At all film was a answer to "Mein Kampf" book. In that book Hitler wrote that germans must concuer and "colonise" slavic lands,as the knights did. And Eisenstein (russian guy who made that film) wanted to show that Hitlers quote before the film started and write also "So show and remind them,as knights did conquer our lands". But goverment didnt allowed that cause the relationships between germany and Soviet Union were not bad in 1938 year.
The quality of the footage is literally breath taking. It appears to have been meticulously remastered frame by frame. Is this a Crierion Collection piece ?
There is another epic movie about Teutonic Knights, Polish Krzyzacy where Poland beats them in the battle of Grunwald in 1410 and the battle scene lasts 15 minutes and is absolutely incredible.
LOVE RUSSIAN FILMS JUST WITH MY COMAND OF RUSSIAN WAS UP TO IT SO THATNI WOULDN'T NEED SUBTITLES I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE OF THEM ESP ABOUT WWI AND WW2.
Robert Petri Have you seen The 9th Company (9 рота), or more fighteningly the White Russian film Come and See (Иди и смотри) whereby both, the young boy becomes an old man and the violated young girl go mad. For preference I would recommend the gentler love story Ballad of a Soldier (Баллада о солдате).
Great film. I first watched it in 2006 and have seen it three times since. The music, Sergei Prokofiev's "Battle On The Ice", from 55:18 to 01:01:35 is remarkable.
And to regard how unthinkable it would’ve been for Eisenstein to produce such a motion picture only a year ( or less ) later, upon the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. And how rapidly his incredible talents were, then, urgently required after the commencement of Operation Barbarossa in 1941….
Eisenstein made this film in 1938, a year before the signing of the pact. The Non-Aggression Treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union (Molotov-Ribbentrop) was signed on August 23, 1939. Of all the European countries, the Soviet Union was the last to sign such an agreement with Germany.
I imagine this movie experienced a resurgence in popularity 3 years after its premiere. (10:15, 27:52) 6:46 The man, the legend, Shaggy Rogers. 17:40 Definitely remember this part from Red Storm Rising. 1:09:55 Power-up canteen. 1:39:39 Verdicts.
If you have a chance to see the 1967 British film, 'A Billion Dollar Brain', directed by Ken Russell as a homage to the Eisenstein film, I would recommend it. The film music is by Richard Rodney Bennet, and the plot is tongue in cheek, but the invasion of Russia is defeated again copying Eisenstein. Also Francoise Dorleac (Catherine Deneuve's sister ) is the female lead against Michael Caine as a spy, making it her last film before her death in a car accident.
you are our friends only when you smell money. Also you are everything but normal people.We don't need anything from you,you drunken ambigues. don't liberate us,please.I can't fucking stand you. Iron curtain,pogroms,attacking Finland on skis. that's comish. help yourselves,you fearfull nation incapable to destroy few idiotic half literate Chechens.Hahaha. You are no bloody capable.
The name of Prince and Knight Alexander Nevsky thundered in the early 13th century throughout Europe. Once knight titled came to Russia from Western Europe "a Lot in our area talk about the knight Alexander Nevsky and his exploits. I want to see him live..for this I went the whole month through many kingdoms"
@@gk5659 за четыре года до выхода фильма - В 1934, задолго до России, Польша уже подписала свой Пакт о ненападении с Германией. А в 1938-м, в год выхода фильма, после так называемого Мюнхенского сговора между Англией, Францией и Германией, как раз сама отжала у Чехословакии Тешинскую область. Дербанила Чехословакию Польша вместе с Германией: Германия забрала у Чехословакии Судеты. И тут такое дело: если ты с Украины и осуждаешь пакт (я тоже его осуждаю!), то Украине стоит отдать Львов и остальные территории, которые поляки называют: Младо-польшей, обратно Польше! Кстати сами поляки Тешинскую область чехам вернули!
There are no reliable images of Alexander Nevsky, so they use the face of the actor Nikolai Cherkasov, who plays the prince in this film. The Order of Alexander Nevsky was first approved in 1725 by Catherine I, the wife of Peter I, and still exists today.
Wrisnevsky Andrei Cediel Zambrano, Alexander Nevsky es considerado un Caballero o Libertador, participó en las batallas de Nodgorod relacionado con el río NIEVA etcétera...
bakelite was thoroughly a thing in the 1930s, plastics were booming at this time, and the pollution put of by factories was immense... though sure, there was less urbanization overall.
But blond and very tall cerkasov when he didn't wear makeup and he wore "normal" clothes seemed an actor from Hollywood indeed...a scandinavian devasting good looks with American charm and typical russian an sultry vocal.timbre
This is a brilliant work of historical fiction, and is time well spent to watch; having said that, the film was spoiled by fictionalization, inaccuracies, and outrightly blatant Soviet Propaganda. If only it was more loyal to historical facts, then it would've been one of the finest films of its time. For example: The ice didn't break, during the Battle on the Ice (1242), that idea was first introduced by this very film.
Laurence Kueffer The point of the film was to warn Hitler's Germany off, and showed what all invaders could expect. So if you substitute the rasputitsa(распутица) or slush; which immobilised the German army, then the breaking of the ice is a good metaphor, foretold 3 years before the invasion. So it is a brilliant film and propaganda (that didn't work) as although it predicted Germany's defeat it failed in deterring them from invading.
Fun fact: The music for this movie was made by Prokofiev, the famous Russian composer, and the way it was used during the battle scene is considered one of the definitive moments in the history of film scoring.
I know that becuse i wach 2 set violin
55:18
I don't know what's fun about this fact but I think everyone familiar with Prokofiev knows that already and it's stated in the video description.
@Simon Archbold Why so negative?
And people would be right to say that. The music speaks and sets the scene more than the images and dialogue in this great film.
Prokofiev and Eisenstein: only once in a life time. A film to admire often.
59:47 this is one of my top ten favourite scenes in cinema history, the knights are so threatening and haunting, the music fits perfectly with the film, everything about their appearance and the way they move is perfect. The music in that scene is so amazing! And in the next shot the way that the two soldiers hug each other is so convincing and well acted, such a great film for its time.
1:24:04 And how do you like this scene in the history of cinema? The knights of both troops are so safe, everything in their appearance and manner of their immovability is negligible. The music in this scene is amazing. This, in fact, anti-war film - for all time!
А как вам эта сцена в истории кино? Рыцари обоих войск настолько безопасны, все в их внешности и способе их недвижности ничтожно. Музыка в этой сцене потрясающая. Эта, на самом деле, антивоенная кинокартина - на все времена!
Zap The Battle of Rokovar was more extensive than the Battle of Lake Peipsi, the same result, the defeat of the Teutonic Order
That,s where Darth Wader came from...
They are tottally dishumanized, thats they look so dangerous.
@Dave Bronstein fun fact: most KKK members were german
just google the names of famous KKK members lol
"The strength of a sword is measured by the arm that wields it."
Unexpected fucking chills
With knowledge, you can beat even a warlock!
1982 Conan the Barbarian borrowed much from this film
As an accomplished competitive swordsman, I differ. "The strength of a sword is measured by the mind that wields it."
@@tgamirov Conan the Barbarian was a series of books published during the seventies before it became a film. But the plot is earlier than this film. it is the plot from The Ring Cycle, which is so old, that no one knows the original author. The original legend came out of the Merovingian times during the first millennium and had to do with the Burgundians who had settled in Gaul. They were Swedish predecessors of Vikings. This is the story cycle that Wagner used for his Ring of the Niebelungen, and which Tolkien also sourced for his inspiration.
About 25 years ago this film was exhibited with live orchestra. I saw it at the Hollywood Bowl with Previn conducting the LA Philharmonic. It was absolutely stunning.
1:45 - Russia Under the Mongolian Yoke
3:16 - Song About Alexander Nevsky
21:56 - The Crusaders in Pskov
34:36 - Arise, Ye Russian People
55:23 - The Battle on the Ice
1:24:03 - The Field of the Dead
1:33:20 - Alexander's Entry Into Pskov
This is a huge help thank you!!!
Your a hero
The Teutonic Order make for such amazing villains, so damn cool
You can tell they influenced the Star Wars Empire and Conan's Thulsa Doom
Russians came from norse too the vikings ruled the goths and the varangians ruled the slavs. WWll and the Uke vs Rus wars go back almost 1000 years.
@@sanwan7138почти тысяча летний Reich?!
Odd reversal of normal good/bad symbolism. The Teutonic Knights are in white, their opponents are dark-clad (in red?).
The empire and the Teutonic order in this movie are inspired by the same thing: The Nazis. This movie was produced at a time where the Soviet Union was already poised to have a conflict with germany and the costumes and themes reflect this. (Even Stalin knew that the Molotv-Ribbentrop Pact would only postpone the inevitable)
Фильм на все времена! А какая музыка!.. Гениально. Сколько раз смотрю - столько и восхищаюсь. И не только киношедевром. Историей земли Русской восхищаюсь.
Definitive epic battle movie totally influencial for films made years later in Hollywood and on directors around the world, oh and contains numerous sequences lifted shot for shot into Lord of the Rings and other great classics. The score is awesome as well hope someone is working to preserve it cause this version is highly compressed and could be digitally remastered better surely Prokofiev is worth the effort. Long live RVISION.
Eureka released a restoration of this film, but it is quite old and could probably be improved, especially since they are redoing their catalogue for Blu-ray.
this is my favorite anime of all time
1:15:43 top 10 anime deaths
You may be surprised why Prince Alexander is fishing while the threat is so heavy for the cities of Novgorod and Pskov. The city of Novgorod was at that time an oligarchic republic. Formal power belonged to the assembly of the city male population (Veche) which took the decision by shouting loudly and pressing upon the opponents, in many cases this resulted in bloody fights. But real power was in the hands of rich merchants and aristocrats, represented by the Alderman (Posadnik). For defence, the city, proudly calling itself Lord Great Novgorod, chose a prince who had to come with his army . But he had no right to rule the city and was to stay outside it with his force in special quarters (remnants preserved till now). In case of any discontent, the Veche could 'show Prince the way' , that is, to expel him from the city. After Alexander` s victory over the Swedes in 1240 (the Neva Battle) there was a conflict between him and the city aristocracy which made the Veche 'show him the way' out of the city. That is why in the film he is fishing in his domain, Pereyaslavl Zalessky (145 km from a tiny town known as Moscow), nervously waiting for the Novgorod delegation to call him back. Come to Novgorod for many remnants of that epoch that are still visible!
Thank you ! But nervous ? Watching the Prince confront the Mongols at the start of the film I'd say he hadn't a nerve in his body! I'd say he was awaiting the Novgorod delegation with stoic concern...
@@richardaverage4287 Yes he was nerveless with the Mongols. But remember how he tore the fishing net? He rightly considered the Germans more dangerous than the Mongols, and could do nothing against them as he had been exiled from Novgorod.
@@EugVan немцы считались опаснее, потому как у них в планах было завоевать не только земли, но и насадить иную веру, свою католическую. Истиная вера должна была быть полностью уничтожена. Поэтому наши предки поднялись. А с монголами разобрались позже, когда время пришло. Данный фильм снимался на фоне борьбы с православной верой (1938г. самый разгар), поэтому в нем эти моменты не могли быть озвучены.
One cannot help but be in the same measure amused and horrified at the fact that the absurd levels of cruelty shown by the Teutons in this film were to be rendered trivial when the actual Germans invaded in 1941.
Как сказал один старый офицер СС все было гораздо хуже, посмотрите фильм "Иди и смотри" если после просмотра вам будет плохо, знайте,что бывший офицер СС после просмотра на территории гДР в 1960 году, сказал- "Все было гораздо хуже чем было показано" после просмотра умножьте на 10!
@@gribrus527
Actually it was a Wehrmacht officer who stood up and said “everything you see in the movie is true , I’m embarassed that my kids and grandkids will watch it”.
Soviet propaganda.
@@scriptkiddy1492 Reality has a Soviet bias, it seems
@@lucaiovis Well the movie was made to fire up the Russian people to fight to Germans in WWII.
Teutonic Generals look awesome in this movie 👌🏻👍🏻
they look like kkk members, and werent actually far off
@@russkayaimperiya5779 well their habits were way off, but the compturs helmet wasn’t way off if you are referring to that, it was historically proofed that these kind of decorated helmets did indeed exist...but if you weren’t referring to the helmets, what did you mean then ?
@@Philipp.of.Swabia their white robes, and the KKK and the teutons weren't far apart in terms of looting, murdering, and using catholicism as a justification
@@russkayaimperiya5779 well, the Teutonic Knights used white robes/capes, I don’t know about those priests, they look really like KKK, but the knights look realistic...
@@Philipp.of.Swabia regardless, these edgy knights dont add up to the chadness of nevsky in this movie
I just love these scenes where nothing happens and the actor's gazes just built up the tention. So theatrical on the one hand but so effective!!!!
Most mesmerizing of all war movies. Outstanding in all respects.
3 years later it literally happened this time with tanks and machine guns
it was made when there was tensions between the Soviet Union and Germany. Removed from theaters when the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was signed. Then released again after Barbarossa. Everybody expected Stalin and Hitler to fight at some point, the only reason Stalin was attacked by surprise is because he thought Hitler wouldn't make a move against him as long as the job wasn't complete against the western Allies.
Clever piece of propaganda, grounding the situation in history "look, they have tried to invade us since our first contact" that's less divisive than a fight between 2 totalitarian systems (the nazis were greeted as liberators in some regions, until they started doing war crimes).
lol they just never get along
@@Duke_of_Lorraine and the nazis are still welcomed as liberators in those very regions although they are indepent since a couple decades. so what does that tell you? you cant be serious to compare nazi deutschland to the soviet union..
@@Duke_of_Lorraine More complicated than that. First of all USSR not as much expected Hitler to finish England (what other Western Allies?) first as they were expecting rerun of either WWI start or Poland 1939 with some time for political tension to build up and creating "rightful" cause of war by Hitler. Instead "diplomatic silence" and sudden attack with excuses made up later. And as far as greeted as liberators - without pointing fingers in some parts of USSR they were indeed greeted as such with Jewish massacres (I'll spare you details) starting before first German soldier has arrived. And that attitude not changed much throughout war from certain group of people. Slavic territories had limited number of "greeters" again in specific areas or with specific background.
Duke of Lorraine yeah it was kind of a propaganda movie
I'm a historian & collector of Crusader-era armour, I wonder what materials their costumes were made from.
The Grand Knights sir Hubertus & sir Dietchlib have the tremendous great helms, it's really hard to tell if they are real steel or painted . But they are some imposing fellows, and the actors are quite good. It was a pleasant surprise when we get to see them un-helmed when the General promotes them to become Princes & Lords of the region.
The wool shirts painted silver do work, & are much more comfortable for the actors to wear. I've worn full chainmail all day, and can assure you it's pretty miserable.
As a fellow who's mixed Mongol/Russian/Polish, also with 30% German blood, having great grandfathers on both sides of this conflict, I really enjoy this film.
I wonder if they knew at the time we'd all still be watching them & discussing this epic film so many years later.
Salute!
are accurate armor replicas easy to find ? i mean ones that are manufactured with the same materials and manual crafstmanship used in the ancient times , i don't like the marks of modern machinery on replicas
@@_hunter_hunter1048 probably really hard to find, since they're a niche product.
@@_hunter_hunter1048 quite difficult and expensive, especially without modern machinery. Even then its unlikely you'll find "accurate" examples unless its based on an exact archeological find. Id assume most of this stuff was designed to "look the part" German sallet helms inspired the ww1 era steel helmets that continued to be used through ww2, and so it was clever propaganda by the soviets. Meanwhile those pointy helmet/hats the rus wear made a brief comeback during the revolution and interwar period as a callback to russias "glorious past" and so modern styles seemed to echo the old in a serendipitous way. You could achieve "close enough" (by 1930s standards especially) by just following the style of the day.
God bless Mother Russia,greetings from Scotland
Greetings to the Scottish film fan from Germany.
Greetings from Germany.
Greetings to our Scottish brothers from Novgorod the Great, Russia.
Greetings from a Stewart in the U. S. A.
Greeting from someone half Scottish, half Russian.
As a baby boomer, I love old movies. They had heart, character, style and unique acting.
I depends on movies and directors
Great talking picture of Eisenstein.
Battle in the ice one of the most spetacular scene action.
Do you know where did they shoot movie?
This remaster is just gorgeous. Amazing movie
But bad epoque when movie was shot
As a lover of film I have to say this is quite a masterpiece. The lighting and camera work is first class, that battle scene is phenomenal. I don't know if it was shot on a sound stage, back lot or a location though so I'll look it up on the making of this film. The richness in the black & white film, the shots of the clouds and the sun lighting on the Russian steps depict what early April probably looks like there (which historically was when the battle took place) I'd like to see some other Einsenstein directed films.
I advise you to watch the two-part film "Ivan the Terrible". 1945-1958. Music by Prokofiev. I think this is Eisenstein's best film.
The Iwan the terrible films are phenomenal!!!
Iwan, der Schreckliche ist in jeder Hinsicht ein unvergesslicher Film! Und wieder mit Tscherkassow in der Hauptrolle und mit Musik von Prokowiew!
The film was made in Gorky Park.
And in WWII Russian women did their part as snipers, tank drivers, and fighter pilots. One woman, Alexandra G. Samusenko, was commander of a T-34 tank battalion.
hope they perished
Don't forget the legendary Lyudmila Pavlichenko. Don't let the Banderites erase the memory of the true Ukrainian heroes.
I remamber this Film i was 8 jähr of age and to Day i,m 62 jähr of age and Love it like bev. Thank you for sending This beautiful Film.
"А кто к нам с мечом придёт, от меча и погибнет!!!" Великий князь Александр Невский ❤️❤️❤️
Which also applies to their neighbors.
@@fritzkep 💯. Of course, the people of Kyiv, not the people of Moscow, are the spiritual heirs of these “Rus” 😉
@@vinista256 Невский родился в городе под названием Переславль-Залесский. Это в 140 км от Москвы. Так что он не Киевский.
As a Jew, I relate to this intensely, passionately. First, there is something right out of the old testament, from Exodus: Just as Pharoh's armies were drowned in the sea, in this movie, the Teutons, or the Germans, were drowned in a body of water. The similarities are eerily astounding. Also, I love Russia for defeating Nazi Germany. And , as a Jew, I also despised the Teutonic Knights and the agents of the Pope who murdered all non conforming people and faiths. The mournful music when the people of Pskov were thrown into the fire,was so in sync with Jewish laments over the centuries.
The armor worn by the German knights probably pulled them down into the water much faster, since it was so heavy. That may be why soldiers don't wear armor today.
Now that you mentioned it, the ice segment could be considered reminiscent of what happened in the Book Of Exodus. You're very observant.
It's kind of weird but sometimes you can hear stories of Turks and crusaders praising the other on how their enemy will die for their faiths. and there were crusader States that allowed religious diversity as long as the people helped them when the city was sieged sure there were atrocities committed by the Teutonic orders let's say The siege of Jerusalem or that incident about that one city that was housing cathars but I m not sure if these atrocities were ordered by higher-ups or just the actions of a random groups of Teutonic knights
You are so right
The totalitarian Soviet regime that ruled Russia was far more evil (murderous and destructive of human flourishing) than was the third Reich, you obscurantist dradle.
Bagel obscurantist! You make my stomach turn.
Now here's a slab of cultural history worth watching and listening in full...! All kinds of enduring magnificence, comic banter included. Kudos!
I remember reading about this film in a Tom Clancy book years ago when I was still in high school. This is the first time I’ve actually seen it, and I can definitely understand the hype. 👍
The book was "Red Storm Rising".
Whatever you may think about the novel, the chapter describing "Nevsky" did it justice.
Гениальный актер Николай Черкасов! фильм прекрасен ! Вот на каких полотнах надо учить в школах !!!
Не надо. Это патриотская мифология
@@Robert63675 сам ты мифология
Охлопков-Буслай одет как скоморох какой...
Так на нём и учат. Причём в Голливуде
A print of the film should have been sent directly to Mr. Schicklegruber.
Prokofiev’s score sounds improved here. It was badly recorded to begin with, but whoever remastered it did a great job.
Une musique sublime, le cinéma en grand art.
Un esthétisme moderne.
Un film..prémonitoire.
Each frame is so well composed and is equivalent to a painting.
Eisenstein always drew sketches before shooting the film.
Prokofiev-Eisenstein combo is gold
Ukranian musician did perfect soundtracks for latvian director's move
Movir
Movie
Great classical ! Cool to see it again.
Whosoever come to us with a sword shall die by the sword! On this stand Russia and on this she shall stand forever!
I not seen the movie in 15 years the third time seeing though. I think it a master piece!
Interesting that it uses so many techniques from the silent film days, but still manages to be a compelling film.
great film, respect from China!
Да уж. Умели деды снимать. Решил из любопытства пару кадров глянуть, в итоге залип на весь фильм. Для 1938 года это просто нечто!
Legend movie👌i used to watch it 100 times when i was younger. Still love it.
The Germans made fantastic bad guys even back in the Middle Ages. LOL.
They weren’t bad guys in the Middle Ages though. That’s for sure. Germany didn’t even participate in the slave trade from what I know.
@@millertheory7935 This is what the Nazis tried to recreate as they saw this period as their unfulfilled prophecy of eastward expansion. they saw these Teutonic knights as their mythical role models
GhilliESniper Ok boomer
@@millertheory7935 What's a boomer? ;-)
@@millertheory7935 *Looks at the pogroms at the start of the first crusade
Okay buddy.
Here because of Atun Shei Films. Well worth the watch!
Yep
One of the best film in history of cinema, from the greatest director all of time.
Excellent film! Thank you for uploading this gem.
It is an historic irony how a political propaganda film (during 1938 Russia was preparing its people for a bloody war against Germany and Stalin personally supervised the movie) became a masterpiece both as a movie and as music. The collaboration between Eisenstein and Prokofiev resulted in this summit of film making with enormous echoes in future cinema.and the integration of music to action, not just a background support. The visual beauty is overwhelming, as is the beauty of the music. This is one of the summits of XX century art.
Jorge Urzua Urzua, Stalin didn't only supervise the production but he ordered the director to make a movie what would boost the patriotism of the Russian people.
And yes, it became one of the greatest movie of all the time thanks to Eizenstein and Prokofjev.
Jorge Urzua Urzua actually regarding the great Georgian not russian leader,Iosif Stalin didn’t expected to be attacked by Hitler since one year later he signed with Nazi Germany the pact of non agression which finished Poland!
I will add to the word our soldiers were very inspired by this film. Very big emotional lift them gave. This film contributed to the victory
In 1931, Stalin said: "the History of old Russia was, among other things, that it was continuously beaten for backwardness. Beat Mongol khans. Beat Turkish Becky. Beat Swedish feudal lords. The Polish-Lithuanian lords beat. Beat the Anglo-French capitalists. Beaten by the Japanese barons. Beat all-for backwardness. For military backwardness, for cultural backwardness, for state backwardness, for industrial backwardness, for agricultural backwardness ...We are 50-100 years behind the advanced countries. We have to run that distance in ten years. Either we do it, or we get crushed." The war began exactly ten years later. We were not defeated, although the victory came at too great a price.
@@abcdefghij8128 Where do you come from so stupid? Every allied soldier is a saved Soviet soldier.. And the Communists did not destroy the peoples of the USSR-this is your stupid lie.
This is so rad. Thank you for posting.
Los caballeros teutónicos se preparan para el combate en Aleksndr Nevski (1938), de Eisentein (1898-1948). Esta obra destaca por la admirable armonía que reina entre las imágenes, de una extraña belleza, y la música dramática compuesta por Prokofiev.
This seems to be 'Braveheart' of the 1930s. What a great cineastic artwork.
If it wasn’t so awash in propaganda, it would’ve been a hell of a lot better.
the battle scene is astonishing: music, camera work...
this movie foreshadowed the war against germany during WWII. It is designed to place germans at the fore of the list of enemies against Russia. The Russians knew they would have to fight the germans at some point and they were making the people aware of the danger.
You do realize it’s not a fantasy and that the movie describes the actual events of 1242, right?
Omg🤦♀️
Great classic🎉🎉🎉
23:23 Now I know where Peter Jackson picked ideas for Uruk helmets
обожаю смотреть этот фильм, когда настроение плохое..........
Me too and then i'm amazed by remarkable and espressive good looks of late nikolaj cerkasov...he was even more handsome without makeup and his gorgeous vocal timbre was so sultry and versatile also became he was especially a theater 's.actor
21:47 perfect example for the application of musical prowess in concert with cinematographic aptitude
(btw. the east-german dubbing of this movie is worth listening to)
My father made me watch as a kid that scene where they burn the children: haunted for life!
@Vercingetorix "Ok, now you are a son of God, you shall now go and say hello to him for me, bye" that was the vibe
I hope it didn't happen in reality
55:30 incredible fight music
Prokofiev
Yeah, sounds JUST LIKE James Horner from Star Trek III 'Klingons' (track 3 I believe) :-( I Loved Horner, but there are some pretty blatant rip-offs he did from classical works, now this...
Good prokofiev 's soundtrack suites this Beautiful movie,and cerkasov,ejestain and famous musician were perfect togheter....it was very hard for backthen to shoot a movie like this
Absolutely amazing film
For a propaganda piece funded and demanded by a democidal totalitarian regime that killed millions.
Очень верю в нашу Русь, даст Бог всех гадов побъём.
Much better russia than u.r.s.s
@@annaritaranalli1791 Both is cruel and chauvinistic.
But at least there is more democrazia now...however i'm glad to live in a free and more democratic land than ones of estern europe
Democracy,sorry
Likewise misha zarov backthen dated gorgeous blonde missi ludmilla tzelikovskaja and others actors who worked with mister ejestain there have kids and mates
Magnificent
Despite it being a Soviet propaganda film, I really do appreciate its existance.
Me too
I like that film very much,but i dont like that antichristian propaganda. Russian are christians and will be Christians,but soviets didnt like that so they showed that that was a war between Russians and christians.
We are orthodox but we respect Catholics. The reason why teutonics were trying to fight with us is because they wanted more lands,not only because Catholicism.
At all film was a answer to "Mein Kampf" book. In that book Hitler wrote that germans must concuer and "colonise" slavic lands,as the knights did. And Eisenstein (russian guy who made that film) wanted to show that Hitlers quote before the film started and write also "So show and remind them,as knights did conquer our lands". But goverment didnt allowed that cause the relationships between germany and Soviet Union were not bad in 1938 year.
I appreciate exitence of movie but not dictatorships
The Soviet Union murdered 36 million people without scruple. Anything it produced is tainted by its atheistic bloodletting.
love how the Mongols are depicted
SimplyAmazing
1:20:00 najlepsza muzyka! Russia wins!
57:40 one of the best scores ever
Mayhem brought me here .. and I was not disappointed.
The quality of the footage is literally breath taking. It appears to have been meticulously remastered frame by frame. Is this a Crierion Collection piece ?
There is another epic movie about Teutonic Knights, Polish Krzyzacy where Poland beats them in the battle of Grunwald in 1410 and the battle scene lasts 15 minutes and is absolutely incredible.
LOVE RUSSIAN FILMS JUST WITH MY COMAND OF RUSSIAN WAS UP TO IT SO THATNI WOULDN'T NEED SUBTITLES I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE OF THEM ESP ABOUT WWI AND WW2.
Robert Petri
Have you seen The 9th Company (9 рота), or more fighteningly the White Russian film Come and See (Иди и смотри) whereby both, the young boy becomes an old man and the violated young girl go mad. For preference I would recommend the gentler love story Ballad of a Soldier (Баллада о солдате).
Спасибо товарищ
love it!
Great film. I first watched it in 2006 and have seen it three times since. The music, Sergei Prokofiev's "Battle On The Ice", from 55:18 to 01:01:35 is remarkable.
Прокофьев - Гений!
True talent
And to regard how unthinkable it would’ve been for Eisenstein to produce such a motion picture only a year ( or less ) later, upon the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. And how rapidly his incredible talents were, then, urgently required after the commencement of Operation Barbarossa in 1941….
Eisenstein made this film in 1938, a year before the signing of the pact. The Non-Aggression Treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union (Molotov-Ribbentrop) was signed on August 23, 1939. Of all the European countries, the Soviet Union was the last to sign such an agreement with Germany.
Great movie 👍
In the movie "Red Dawn" the title of the film was displayed on a movie marquee in a midwestern town occupied by Soviet forces.
I imagine this movie experienced a resurgence in popularity 3 years after its premiere. (10:15, 27:52)
6:46 The man, the legend, Shaggy Rogers.
17:40 Definitely remember this part from Red Storm Rising.
1:09:55 Power-up canteen.
1:39:39 Verdicts.
Ci sarà sempre un Nevsky per i nemici della Russia
E che bello e bravo era cerkasov....ezestain lo volle a tutti i costi..ma lui sceglieva sempre bravi attori teatrali
If you have a chance to see the 1967 British film, 'A Billion Dollar Brain', directed by Ken Russell as a homage to the Eisenstein film, I would recommend it. The film music is by Richard Rodney Bennet, and the plot is tongue in cheek, but the invasion of Russia is defeated again copying Eisenstein. Also Francoise Dorleac (Catherine Deneuve's sister ) is the female lead against Michael Caine as a spy, making it her last film before her death in a car accident.
Гениально
Alexey K. bullshit
you are our friends only when you smell money. Also you are everything but normal people.We don't need anything from you,you drunken ambigues. don't liberate us,please.I can't fucking stand you. Iron curtain,pogroms,attacking Finland on skis. that's comish.
help yourselves,you fearfull nation incapable to destroy few idiotic half literate Chechens.Hahaha. You are no bloody capable.
красивый фильм. сколько раз уж смотришь.
Crap
Согласно. Два гения Эйнштейн и Прокофьев! Удивительная работа.
The name of Prince and Knight Alexander Nevsky thundered in the early 13th century throughout Europe. Once knight titled came to Russia from Western Europe "a Lot in our area talk about the knight Alexander Nevsky and his exploits. I want to see him live..for this I went the whole month through many kingdoms"
@Девочка на шаре Конечно байки, все что про наших это байки, а вот Выдуманный на 99% Камелот правда ... полна промывка мозгов
Через пару - тройку лет после съёмок начнётся новая война. Спойлер: результат тот же
Через год после съёмок Молотов с Риббентропом подпишут пакт,будут маршировать совместно на параде в Бресте и уничтожат Польшу за 10 дней.
@@gk5659 Польша сама себе подписала смертный приговор, захватив земли Росии и Чехословакии.
@@gk5659 за четыре года до выхода фильма - В 1934, задолго до России, Польша уже подписала свой Пакт о ненападении с Германией. А в 1938-м, в год выхода фильма, после так называемого Мюнхенского сговора между Англией, Францией и Германией, как раз сама отжала у Чехословакии Тешинскую область. Дербанила Чехословакию Польша вместе с Германией: Германия забрала у Чехословакии Судеты. И тут такое дело: если ты с Украины и осуждаешь пакт (я тоже его осуждаю!), то Украине стоит отдать Львов и остальные территории, которые поляки называют: Младо-польшей, обратно Польше! Кстати сами поляки Тешинскую область чехам вернули!
@@НатальяТерехова-е7щ Осуждай не осуждай, но на тот момент пакт был выбором меньшего из двух зол.
когда началась вторая мировая война?
The Germans always got the best drip
Love the blacksmith just complimenting his own work whilst fighting.
Danke❤🤗🌏
Фильм хороший👍👍👍👍👍
And not boring
21:48 favourite part of the movie. Pskov in flames theme is menacing.
There are no reliable images of Alexander Nevsky, so they use the face of the actor Nikolai Cherkasov, who plays the prince in this film. The Order of Alexander Nevsky was first approved in 1725 by Catherine I, the wife of Peter I, and still exists today.
Sublime !
Wrisnevsky Andrei Cediel Zambrano, Alexander Nevsky es considerado un Caballero o Libertador, participó en las batallas de Nodgorod relacionado con el río NIEVA etcétera...
I am always reminded of Thulsa Doom when the Teutonic Knights in this film remove their helmets.
All I think about this movie is that at the time the Earth was more green and with no plastics.
bakelite was thoroughly a thing in the 1930s, plastics were booming at this time, and the pollution put of by factories was immense... though sure, there was less urbanization overall.
But there was war in reality too and women were not considerated important
nice translation!
Великолепный фильм!
Gorgeous movie but unfortunately this is a propaganda 'work
@@annaritaranalli1791 It's history.
This movie was made 3 years prior to Operation Barbarossa
Stalin Knew it ! ... !!!??
Andrei Abrikosov was devastatingly handsome.
But blond and very tall cerkasov when he didn't wear makeup and he wore "normal" clothes seemed an actor from Hollywood indeed...a scandinavian devasting good looks with American charm and typical russian an sultry vocal.timbre
Great movie!
This is a brilliant work of historical fiction, and is time well spent to watch; having said that, the film was spoiled by fictionalization, inaccuracies, and outrightly blatant Soviet Propaganda. If only it was more loyal to historical facts, then it would've been one of the finest films of its time. For example: The ice didn't break, during the Battle on the Ice (1242), that idea was first introduced by this very film.
Basically every movie of this time fictionalized history
Laurence Kueffer
The point of the film was to warn Hitler's Germany off, and showed what all invaders could expect. So if you substitute the rasputitsa(распутица) or slush; which immobilised the German army, then the breaking of the ice is a good metaphor, foretold 3 years before the invasion. So it is a brilliant film and propaganda (that didn't work) as although it predicted Germany's defeat it failed in deterring them from invading.
ДБ
Dialectical materialists lie as a matter of course and murder as a matter of pleasure.
@@x999uuu1
This goes way beyond the usual degree of liberties in order to propagandize audiences in the lead up to war.
очень хорошо
But a bit wrong
Russian used this is move as motivation to fight for their mother land in WW2
More of a warning to Germans, I guess.