General Suvorov
About General Suvorov
The film follows Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov, played by Nikolai Cherkasov, from the Polish campaign after the fight at Sokółka. He clashes with Emperor Paul I, played by Apollon Yachnitsky, and is called back from exile at Konchanskoye. On the Swiss campaign a spy gets into his headquarters, is exposed, and is shot without trial. The last sequence is the assault on the Devil's Bridge.
Cast & crew
More about General Suvorov
Vsevolod Pudovkin and Mikhail Doller directed. Georgy Grebner and Nikolay Ravich wrote the script. Anatoli Golovnya and Tamara Lobova photographed it, and Yuri Shaporin wrote the music. Shooting was in 1940. The Soviet title is Suvorov. The premiere was 23 January 1941. The U.S. release used the title General Suvorov.
Themes
Background
The opening on the Polish campaign, after Sokółka, was filmed with Poland's defeat in 1939 in view. The premiere came five months before the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
Look
Anatoli Golovnya and Tamara Lobova shot the Polish, court, and Swiss sequences, including the Devil's Bridge assault.
Music
Yuri Shaporin composed the score.
Notes
- Mikhail Astangov plays Arakcheyev, Aleksandr Khanov plays Platonych, and Sergey Kiligin plays Bagration.
- Georgi Kovrov plays the orderly Prokhor. Anatoly Papanov appears, uncredited, as a soldier.
- Galina Kravchenko plays Lopukhina, also uncredited. Yuri Domogarov plays Matvei Platov.
- From the 1990s Krupny Plan issued it on VHS, then Format A. Master Tape issued a DVD in the early 2000s.
Awards
- Stalin Prize (1941) to Vsevolod Pudovkin, Mikhail Doller, and Nikolai Cherkasov-Sergeyev
Scenes
- Suvorov is sent away to Konchanskoye after the break with Paul.
- A spy in the Swiss headquarters is exposed and shot.
- Russian troops storm the Devil's Bridge.
Also available
- Krupny Plan VHS
- Format A VHS
- Master Tape DVD
