Alexander Nevsky

1938 film by Sergei Eisenstein, Dmitri Vasilyev
Movie film Q118976
Alexander Nevsky
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Summary

Alexander Nevsky is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,602 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Sergei Eisenstein[3], Dmitri Vasilyev[4]
  • Screenwriter: Sergei Eisenstein[5], Pyotr Pavlenko[6]
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev[7]
  • Genre: drama film[8], biographical film[9], epic film[10], historical film[11], war film[12]
  • Cast member: Andrei Abrikosov[13], Nikolay Cherkasov[14], Nikolay Okhlopkov[15], Dmitry Orlov[16], Vasily Novikov[17], Sergei Blinnikov[18], Varvara Massalitinova[19], Valentina Ivashova[20], Aleksandra Danilova[21], Vladimir Ershov[22], Lev Fenin[23], Naum Rogozhin[24]
  • Production company: Mosfilm[25]
  • Director of photography: Eduard Tisse[26]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Russian[27]
  • Commons category: Alexander Nevsky (film)[28]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[29]
  • Review score: 8.8/10[30], 92%[31]
  • Color: black-and-white[32]
  • Country of origin: Soviet Union[33]
  • Publication date: November 25, 1938[34], December 1, 1938[35], March 22, 1939[36]
  • Characters: Alexander Nevsky[37], Vassily Buslayev[38], Gavrila Alexich[39], Hermann Balk[40]
  • Distributed by: State Committee for Cinematography[41], Netflix[42]
  • Narrative location: Russian Empire[43]
  • Film editor: Esfir Tobak[44], Sergei Eisenstein[45]
  • Title: Александр Невский[46]
  • Duration: 112 minutes[47]

Why It Matters

Alexander Nevsky has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved . kino-teatr.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 593
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  2. 8w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → Q7049
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  4. 21w ago · Sîmbotin · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Narrative location → Russian Empire
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  5. 23w ago · Mcampany · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → film
    Publication date → +1938-11-25T00:00:00Z, +1938-12-01T00:00:00Z, +1939-03-22T00:00:00Z
    Composer → Sergei Prokofiev
    Production company → —
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