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The screenplay is based on the 13th century conflict between the Teutonic Knights and the Russian people of Novgorod. The film follows the knights as they invade Pskov and massacre its population. Alexander Nevsky then rallies the people of Novgorod and at a battle on the surface of the frozen Lake Chud the outnumbered Novgorodians defeat the Germanic invaders. Setting this historical defeat of Germans by Russians to film was a not so subtle prophecy that history was about to repeat itself.

The film was requested of Eisenstein directly by Stalin who wanted a film that would warn the Soviet people of German aggression. The film contains many elements that reflect the current global political situation. The helmets worn by the Teutonic soldiers look much like larger German soldier helmets from the period. Swastikas are also to be found decorating many of the Teutons. The film also shows Nevsky making peace with his old enemies the Mongols in order to face the knights, hinting at the necessity of making peace with the western powers to deal with Nazi Germany.

Unfortunately the film was released moments before Stalin agreed to the Molotov-Ribbentrop PactThe Molotov-Ribbentrop pact also known as the Hitler-Stalin pact or Nazi-Soviet pact was a non-aggression treaty between Germany and Russia, or more precisely between the Soviet Union and the Third Reich. It was signed in Moscow on August 23, 1939, by the creating a Nazi-Soviet alliance. The film was suppressed and not shown in theaters. This changed dramatically in 19411941 is also the title of a Steven Spielberg movie made in 1979 see 1941 (film). Events January January 6 Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 Lend-Lease is introduced into the United St after the German attack on the Soviet Union and Stalin ordered the film to be shown in every Soviet cinema.

The film is far more than Stalinist propagandaNorth Korean propaganda showing a soldier destroying the Capitol building. This article is about the type of communication. For other meanings, see Propaganda (disambiguation). Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation, aimed at serving an age. Eisenstein, still regarded as one of history's greatest film makers, used all his abilities to produce another acclaimed picture. The film is far more western than any of his previous works, it tells one story with a single narrative arc and focuses on one main character. The special effects and cinematography were some of the most advanced ever. The film is the first of Eisenstein's to use sound. The film scoreA film score is the background music in a film, generally specially written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue. In many instances, film scores are performed by orchestras, which vary i is composedA musical composition is a piece of original music designed for repeated performance (as opposed to strictly improvisational music, in which each performance is unique). The music may be preserved in memory, or through a written system of notation. Compos by Sergei ProkofievSergei Sergeevich Prokofiev ( April 23, 1891 March 5, 1953) was a Ukrainian composer. Biography Early years Prokofiev was born in Sontsovka (now the village of Krasne in Donetsk oblast), Ukraine, as an only child. His mother was a pianist and his father a, who later reworked the score into a concert cantataCantata (Italian for a song or story set to music), a vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement. In the 16th century, when all serious music was vocal, the term had no reason to exist, but with the rise o. Eisenstein developed dramatic new methods of mixing music and visuals. The entire film culminates in the half hour battle scene set to Prokofiev's pounding score, a scene that has been the model for most epic battle scenes to have come since.