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Suvorov (film)

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Suvorov
Film poster
Directed byVsevolod Pudovkin
Mikhail Doller
Written byGeorgiy Grebner [ru]
Nikolai Ravich [ru]
StarringNikolai Cherkasov-Sergeyev [ru]
Aleksandr Khanov
Mikhail Astangov
CinematographyAnatoli Golovnya
Tamara Lobova
Music byYuri Shaporin
Production
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Release dates
  • 23 January 1941 (1941-01-23) (USSR)
  • 19 September 1941 (1941-09-19) (U.S.)
Running time
2948 metres (108 minutes)
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

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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