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	Alexander Nevsky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nevsky faced the enemy on the ice of the Chudskoye Lake and crushed the Teutonic Knights during the Battle on Lake Peipus on April 5, 1242.
		Alexander’s victory was a significant event in the history of the Middle Ages.
		Nevsky tried to strengthen his authority at the expense of the boyars and at the same time suppress any anti-feudal uprisings in the country (Novgorod uprising of 1259).
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	Alexander Nevsky (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexander Nevsky is a film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Dmitry Vasiliev released in 1938, during the Stalin era, with Nikolai Cherkasov in the title role.
		Alexander Nevsky then rallies the people of Novgorod and at a battle on the surface of the frozen Lake Chud the outnumbered Novgorodians defeat the Germanic invaders.
		The Alexander Nevsky film score is composed by Sergei Prokofiev, who later reworked the score into the Alexander Nevsky concert cantata.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_Nevsky_(film) (439 words)

	Alexander Nevsky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nevsky was in charge of defending the northwest lands of Russia from Swedish and German invaders.
		Nevsky faced the enemy on the ice of the Lake Chud (Чудское озеро in Russian) and crushed the Teutonic Knights during the Battle on the Ice on April 5, 1242.
		Nevsky tried to strengthen his princely authority at the expense of the boyars and at the same time suppress any anti-feudal uprisings in the country (Novgorod uprising of 1259).
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/alexander_nevsky (812 words)

	Encyclopedia: Alexander Nevsky (film) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Alexander Nevsky is a film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and released in 1938, during the Stalin era.
		Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is considered by many to be an important art form; films entertain, educate, enlighten and inspire audiences.
		A film score is the background music in a film, generally specially written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue.
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		The film dealt with the crucial week-and-a-half in October when the Kerensky regime was toppled by the Bolsheviks, specifically Leninís entering the scene and the struggle of the Bolsheviks with their opponents.
		Alexander Nevsky represented the triumph of Russian collectivism and portrayed medieval Russian knights as heroic defenders of the motherland.
		In 1945, the first film in a projected trilogy documenting the life of the notorious 16th century tsar appeared to great acclaim in the Soviet Union; however the second filmís completion was met with furor from Stalin.
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		The film deals with the exploits of the near-legendary Alexander Nevsky (1220-1263), Prince of Novgorod, who defeated an invading army of Catholic Teutonic Knights on the frozen Lake Peipus in 1242.
		Nevsky himself, played by Nicolai Cherkassov, is impossibly noble and improbably handsome, as are most of those among his retinue who aren’t just adorable "good ol’ boys." The Germans, on the other hand, are all brutish looking: either blond beasts or horror-movie grotesques (think Marty Feldman’s Igor in Young Frankenstein).
		The film was first shown not in a movie house but before an audience of political and artistic bigwigs in Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre on November 23, 1938.
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	Alexander Nevsky (film) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The film follows the knights as they invade (additional info and facts about Pskov) Pskov and massacre its population.
		The film also shows Nevsky making peace with his old enemies the (A member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia) Mongols in order to face the knights, hinting at the necessity of making peace with the western powers to deal with Nazi Germany.
		The (additional info and facts about film score) film score is (additional info and facts about composed) composed by (additional info and facts about Sergei Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev, who later reworked the score into a (additional info and facts about concert cantata) concert cantata.
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	Russian History:
		Film students and students of Russian culture and language know him at the very least from Eisenstein's film of the same name.
		Alexander Nevsky is know primarily for three things: his victory over the Swedes on the Neva river, his defeat of the Teutonic knights on Lake Peipus (also known as Lake Chud'), and his mediation with the Mongol rulers.
		Another other interesting element in the legend of Alexander Nevsky is that his nickname (Nevsky = "of the Neva") was actually given to him a couple of centuries after his death, when the Muscovite rulers were looking for heroes to extol.
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	Alexander Nevsky A PLAY FOR RADIO AND A PROKOFIEV UK PREMIÈRE. (Part 2)
		The role of Nevsky was to be played by Robert Donat, a well-loved English actor, still remembered today for his Academy Award-winning role of the schoolmaster in the 1939 film, Goodbye, Mr Chips.
		On declaration of war in September 1939, the Music Division of the BBC had been evacuated to Bristol, but heavy bombing led them to re-locate, and in the summer of 1941 they were transferred to Bedford, 55 miles north of London, by special train travelling cross-country and avoiding the capital.
		It should also be remembered that in the months preceding the broadcast, Pskov and Novgorod, the two cities which figure in the Nevsky drama, far from being remote, barely identifiable place-names, had appeared on a regular basis in the reporting of the war news on the pages of Britain's daily newspapers.
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		The choice of Alexander's battle with the Germans as a cinematic subject was not a mere whim.
		In many cases he composed his score before the film was edited, allowing the director to match his images to the music, and in at least one instance Prokofiev wrote music for a scene before it was even filmed.
		Eventually Alexander Nevsky did prove successful at fanning the flames of anti-German sentiment, but in addition came to be regarded as one of the most important films of its era.
	www.osscs.org /notes/prokofiev_nevsky.html (963 words)

	Alexander Nevsky / Ivan The Terrible
		War hero Alexander (mesmerizingly played by Russia’s finest actor, Nikolai Cherkassov) is asked by the people to lead them against the invaders, and in one of the most famous and influential battle scenes ever committed to film, he does just that.
		Alexander Nevsky is a treasure trove of striking elements.
		There are moments that shock and delight even today: the grisly and effective scene showing a massacre of children, the corrupt priest trying to sneak away in full regalia, and the shots of Knights slipping to their death on the crumbling ice.
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		Nevsky, ultimately canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church, represented to subsequent generations of Russians the highest values of sacrifice, persistence, and love of the Motherland ("Song about Alexander Nevsky").
		The completed film caused the intended reaction, and consequently was shown liberally throughout Russia until the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact of 1939 was signed; thereafter, it was quietly withdrawn until the first German attack on Russia in 1941.
		The lasting significance of Alexander Nevsky in film history rests primarily upon the "Battle on the Ice," a lengthy battle sequence which unfolds in the film at an excruciatingly slow pace.
	www.russianculture.com /20th.Nevsky.htm (845 words)

	Alexander Nevsky A PLAY FOR RADIO AND A PROKOFIEV UK PREMIÈRE.
		Churchill's speech, entitled The Fourth Climacteric (the other three turning-points, according to Churchill, were the fall of France, the success of the Battle of Britain and the passing of the Lease-and-Lend enactment in the USA Congress), appeared in the 26 June 1941 issue; the speech was also issued as a gramophone record (HMV ALP 1556).
		How Eisenstein's film Alexander Nevsky, in the improbable form of a BBC radio play, and Prokofiev's music became one part of the campaign to win over the minds and sympathies of the British public at one of the most critical moments of the Second World War, is the subject of this article.
		He accepted its intention to draw modern parallels: "It is, of course, part of the object of the film to compare these savage machines [the Teutonic knights] in the Fascists of today and to contrast them with the human and undisguised armies of Russia.
	www.sprkfv.net /journal/three08/anevskyradio.html (1436 words)

	Alexander Nevsky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		1220 -- born Aleksandr Yaroslavich, Vladimir, Grand Principality of Vladimir; Alexander was the son of Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich, grand prince of Vladimir, the foremost among the Russian rulers.
		Alexander, who had spilled the beans on his borther, installed as grand prince.
		Alexander's son Daniel founded the house of Moscow, which subsequently reunited the northern Russian lands and ruled until 1598.
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	The Audiovisual Symbolism of the Film Alexander Nevsky - PRAVDA.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Audiovisual Symbolism of the Film Alexander Nevsky
		Working on the film about the deeds of the Russian holy warrior, which was a masterpiece of sound cinema, director Sergey Eisenstein and composer Sergey Prokofiev aptly highlighted historical details that illustrated the spiritual traits of the epoch and its characters.
		In the film Alexander Nevsky the passage Crusaders in Pskov, perceived in the context of The Story of Dovmont, testify that the worst enemies of the Russian people strove to destroy first of all the Orthodox shrines.
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	DVDFILE.COM: Alexander Nevsky review
		Alexander Nevsky is perhaps the greatest classic film from the Soviet era.
		Inspired by Stalin's desire to have a film which would whip up support among the people for a defensive war against the Germans, Sergei Eisenstein picked the story of prince Alexander Nevsky's defeat of the evil German invaders in 1242 AD.
		Alexander Nevsky plans to ambush the Germans on frozen lake Chudskoye.
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	Music video - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sergei Eisenstein's 1938 film Alexander Nevsky, which features extended scenes of battles choreographed to a score by Sergei Prokofiev, set new standards for the use of music in film and has been described by some as the first music video.
		That same year, the band began filming short promotional films for their songs which were then aired on television variety shows.
		Since neither the music nor the film footage is typically licensed, distributing these videos is usually copyright infringement on both counts.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /m/mu/music_video.html (1061 words)

	Amazon.com: Alexander Nevsky (1938) (Prokofiev score newly recorded) (1939) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Alexander Nevsky was a Russian leader who fought off invading Swedes, Poles, and Germans, at a time when his country was most threatened by the Tartars - they exacted an annual tribute to ensure their continued passivity.
		Alexander Nevsky played by a wooden Nikolai Cherkasov was a prince of the Vladimir region of Russia.
		Nevsky mobilized his knights and the peasants of the region into a massive army to intercept the Teutonic knights.
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	Nevsky Prospekt Home
		Stretching from the historic Admiralty in the north to the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, it is renowned for its splendid architecture and famous former patrons, like Tchaikovsky, Gogol, Rimsky-Korsakov and Nijinsky.
		Alexander Nevsky was a 13th century national hero who was given credit for defeating the separate Swedish and German invading armies.
		The newest bridge, the Alexander Nevsky Most, at the south eastern end of the Prospekt is the longest in the city (905.7 metres) and was built in the early 1960's.
	www.nevsky-prospekt.com /home.html (1084 words)

	Alexander Nevsky (film) - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Alexander Nevsky is a Soviet propaganda film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and released in 1938, under the Stalinist regime.
		The screenplay is based on the 13th century battle in which Alexander Nevsky defeated the Teutonic Knights on the frozen surface of Lake Chud.
		The film score is composed by Sergei Prokofiev, who also reworked the score into a concert cantata.
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	Alexander Nevsky Movie: Alexander Nevsky DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		The film is set in 13th-century Russia, as the religious brotherhood of the Teutonic Knights runs rampant throughout the land.
		Opting to fight, they call on their greatest military leader, Alexander Nevsky, who is still recuperating with his troops from defeating the Swedish army.
		The historic battle on the frozen surface of Lake Peipus, pitting the peasant army of Nevsky against the better-equipped German force, is one of the most impressive spectacles in film history, a visual symphony of mutual slaughter as powerful now as on the day of its release.
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	Alexander Nevsky
		This was one of the earliest film scores, and still one of the best.
		Also, some of the footage was lost because, in the rush to please Stalin, the people who took the film to him didn't realize that an entire reel of it was missing.
		Alexander Nevsky is Copyright 1995 by BMG Classics.
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	Buy Tickets: About This Production \| Houston Symphony
		Sergei Eisenstein and Sergei Prokofievâs collaboration on Alexander Nevsky is, in the words of Music Director Hans Graf, âan historic meeting of two giants in film-making and music." This program marks the Houston Symphonyâs first time to present the full version of Prokofievâs original film score to Nevsky, accompanied by a screening of the film.
		Alexander Nevsky (1938) depicts the stirring tale of how a great Russian prince, Grand Duke Alexander of Novgorod â“ the patron saint of Russia â“ led a peasant army to battle an invading force of German Teutonic Knights.
		, Eisensteinâs film is one of the great achievements in the history of film for how it fuses image, dialogue, sound effects, and Prokofiev's superb score.
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	Music video - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		And as far back as the 1920s, the animated films of Oskar Fischinger (aptly labeled "visual music") were supplied with orchestral scores.
		Another early form of music video were one-song films called Soundies made in the 1940s for the Panoram visual jukebox.
		By the time the band stopped touring in 1966, they used the promotional films to tour for them; when released in 1968, Yellow Submarine was an international sensation.
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	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Alexander Nevsky at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The filming was beset by financial overruns, partly because of Eisenstein notorious perfectionism.
		The entire second half of the film portrays mainly the climatic battle at the ice of Lake Chudskoye, from the preparations and deployment of forces, to the initial engagement, the brutal combat, and the aftermath.
		Alexander Nevsky was commissioned by Stalin for the express purpose of mobilizing the sentiment of the Russian people against the pending threat of German invasion.
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	RMA Music and Film 2001 - Schwartzbishir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The film Alexander Nevsky is a remarkable achievement for many reasons.
		It was one of the few films that came to fruition in the late 1930s Soviet Union.
		In the case of Alexander Nevsky, in Prokofiev’s effort to conform to the aesthetics of Socialist Realism, he made some non-conformist, "modernist" choices.
	www.soton.ac.uk /~musfilm/Abstracts/schwartzbishir.htm (202 words)

	DVD REVIEW (R0) Eisenstein: The Sound Years - Ivan, The Terrible I & II - Alexander Nevsky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		His Alexander Nevsky (1938) was an international success, but his projected trilogy Ivan the Terrible (1942—46) met with government disfavor.
		As for Alexandr Nevsky - the film is basically in the same league as with regard to condition compared to the Ivan Parts 1 & 2, in picture and sound.
		With his use of photographic effects and simplest yet stunning compositions as his "aides" Eisenstein was able to leave a lasting impression on filmmakers all over the globe, and this impact is still continuing.
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	TEMPLE OF ALEXANDER NEVSKY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The son of Yaroslav Vsevolodovich, grand prince of the medieval Russian state of Vladimir, Alexander was elected prince of the state of Novgorod in 1236.
		The mother of Saint Alexander, Feodosia Igorevna, a Riazan princess, was the third spouse of Yaroslav.
		Alexander Nevsky of the historical vocation of Rus'.
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		In the film, the Teutonic knights are shown hanging old men, throwing babies into a fire, and taking over the town in great numbers.
		I think it is very interesting that the music written for this film, completed in 1938, would remind me of a film about a terrible time in history in Germany around 1938.
		All of these films contain a hero leader, the bad guys that must be conquered, epic battle scenes, love interests, a feeling of patriotism or goodness over evil and very beautiful music composed to make the viewer enjoy the visual images and excite his/her emotions.
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