Suvorov | |
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Directed by | Vsevolod Pudovkin Mikhail Doller |
Written by | Georgiy Grebner Nikolai Ravich |
Starring | Nikolai Cherkasov-Sergeyev Aleksandr Khanov Mikhail Astangov |
Cinematography | Anatoli Golovnya Tamara Lobova |
Music by | Yuri Shaporin |
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Running time | 2948 metres (108 minutes) |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Suvorov (Russian: Суворов) is a 1941 Soviet film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Mikhail Doller, based on the life of Russian general Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (1729 – 1800), one of the few great generals in history who never lost a battle. The film premiered in Russia 23 January 1941 (i.e., before the German attack). It was released as General Suvorov in the USA. In 1941 Pudovkin, Doller, Cherkasov-Sergeyev, and Khanov received the Stalin Prize for the film.
Cast
[edit]- Nikolai Cherkasov-Sergeyev as Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov
- Aleksandr Khanov as Platonych
- Mikhail Astangov as Aleksey Andreyevich Arakcheyev
- Apollon Yachnitsky as Pavel I
- Georgi Kovrov as Prokhor
- S. Kiligin as Pyotr Bagration
- Vsevolod Aksyonov as Meshchersky
- Aleksandr Antonov as Colonel Tyurin, commander of the Azov regiment
- Aleksandr Khvylya
- Galina Kravchenko as Lopukhina (uncredited)
- Anatoli Solovyov
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