This is from “Alexander Nevsky,” the 1938 film directed by Sergei Eisenstein. Music by Prokofiev. The snippet shows the beginning of “The Battle of the Ice,” an actual battle on April 5, 1242 when the ...

Sergei Eisenstein’s 1938 epic Alexander Nevsky was made as “a propaganda film for Stalin,” notes Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra executive director Sue Levine. However, its power remains undeniable, ...

Andrea talks with our Cultural Concierge, Jesse Kornbluth. This week Kornbluth wants everyone to watch the 1938 Russian film Alexander Nevsky, which he says has one of the greatest soundtracks in film ...

Eisenstein's 1938 epic has Marxist heroes liberating the proletariat, evil Nazi stand-ins and a massive-scale 'deflowering'. But the battle scenes are spectacular Director: Sergei Eisenstein ...

For those of us who last saw Sergei Eisenstein’s “Alexander Nevsky” via 16mm print in a high school film class, or maybe on DVD at home, watching it on a sizable screen at Benaroya Hall is, well, ...

More than once in Sergei Eisenstein’s “Alexander Nevsky,” the titular 13th-century hero appears to stare down right into the audience as he delivers his solemn exhortations to the people. That’s no ...

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Nothing like slaughter, slander and noxious nationalism to get the music season back into gear after the holidays. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, which has a cinematic theme woven through its ...

Now let's revisit a very different time in Russia from the majesty of the big screen. (Soundbite of music) SEABROOK: The violins sound faintly as two lone figures, cloaks flying in the wind, are ...