''Alexander'' (russian: Александр. Невская битва, Alexander. Nevskaya bitva) is a 2008 Russian

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

about

Alexander Nevsky Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (russian: Александр Ярославич Невский; ; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) served as Prince of Novgorod (1236–40, 1241–56 and 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1236–52) and Grand P ...

directed by Igor Kalyonov.

Plot

The film starts with Nevsky's wedding which involves an attempt of poisoning by his former friend Ratmir. Yashka, a jester at the wedding tried to warn him but was dragged away and was put under a table by the Nevsky's guards. Desperate to serve his leader as a savior, not only as a fool, Yashka comes out of the table and drinks from Nevsky's cup in which suspected poison was placed. After the attempt, Ratmir escapes the ceremony and gallops away on a horse. After the ceremony, Alexander orders to find him, because he suspects that Ratmir was plotting it from the orders of the Swedes who were approaching

Novgorod Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ol ...

at that time. Meantime, the

Boyar A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the Feudalism, feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Kievan Rus', Bulgarian Empire, Bulgaria, Russian nobility, Russia, Boyars of Moldavia and Wallachia, Wallachia and ...

s and Mongols are besieging the city as well. Alexander then goes underground where he finds Boyars and kill their leader.

Cast

* Anton Pampushnyy as ''Alexander Nevsky'' * Svetlana Bakulina as ''Alexandra Nevskaya'' *

Igor Botvin Igor may refer to: People * Igor (given name), an East Slavic given name and a list of people with the name * Mighty Igor (1931–2002), former American professional wrestler * Igor Volkoff, a professional wrestler from NWA All-Star Wrestling * ...

as ''Ratmir'' *

Bohdan Stupka Bohdan Sylvestrovych Stupka ( uk, Богдан Сильвестрович Ступка; 27 August 1941 – 22 July 2012) was a popular Ukrainian actor and the minister of culture of Ukraine. He was born in Kulykiv, General Government to Ukrainian ...

as ''Yaroslav'' * Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov as ''

Birger Jarl Birger Jarl, also known as ''Birger Magnusson'' (21 October 1266), was a Swedish statesman, ''jarl'', and a member of the House of Bjelbo, who played a pivotal role in the consolidation of Sweden. Birger also led the Second Swedish Crusade, whi ...

'' * Andrey Fedortsov as ''Kornily'' *

Yuliya Galkina Yulia ( Юлия) is a female given name, the equivalent of the Latin Julia. It can be spelled Yulia, Yulya, Julia, Julja, Julija, Yuliia, Yuliya, Juliya or İulia. An alternative spelling is Ioulia/Gioulia (Greek) or Iuliia. Prononciations can diff ...

as ''Daria'' * Valeriy Kukhareshin as ''

Eric XI Eric "XI" the Lisp and Lame Swedish: ''Erik Eriksson'' or ''Erik läspe och halte''; Old Norse: ''Eiríkr Eiríksson'' (1216 – 2 February 1250) was king of Sweden in 1222–29 and 1234–50. Being the last ruler of the House of Eric, he stood ...

'' * Sergey Lysov as ''Misha'' * Aleksandr Orlovskiy *Valentin Zakharov as ''Savva'' * Semyon Mendelson as ''Yakov'' *

Denis Shvedov Denis Edouardovich Shvedov (russian: Денис Эдуардович Шведов; born 24 November 1981) is a Russian actor, best known for his role in ''The Major''. Biography Denis Shvedov was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. After ...

as ''Sbyslav Yakunovich'' *

Pavel Trubiner Pavel (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, Russian language, Russian, Serbian language, Serbian and Macedonian language, Macedonian: Павел, Czech language, Czech, Slovene language, Slovene, Romanian language, Romanian: Pavel, Polish language, Po ...

as ''Dmitry'' * Artur Vaha as ''head of Boyars'' * Artyom Leschik as ''Ulf Fasi'' *Yuriy Tarasov as ''jester of Eric XI'' * Evgeniy Kapitonov as ''Roman Kulik'' * Roman Litvinov as ''Alexey Batkov''

Reception

Alexander received negative reviews in the West in general, but the Russian site RusKino said that such films are important for Russia and its people since the Russian youth don't get much education about history from its teachers.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=1244496, title=Aleksandr. Nevskaya bitva
Review of Alexander
on KinoAfisha 2008 films 2000s historical action films Films set in Russia Russian historical action films Biographical action films 2000s Russian-language films