Suvorov (film)

Suvorov

Film poster
Directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin
Mikhail Doller
Written by Georgiy Grebner
Nikolai Ravich
Starring Nikolai Cherkasov-Sergeyev
Aleksandr Khanov
Mikhail Astangov
Music by Yuri Shaporin
Cinematography Anatoli Golovnya
Tamara Lobova
Production
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Release dates
23 January 1941 (USSR)
19 September 1941 (U.S.)
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.

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