Minin and Pozharsky (film)
1939 film by Vsevolod Pudovkin, Mikhail Doller / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Minin and Pozharsky (Russian: Минин и Пожарский, romanized: Minin i Pozharskiy) is a 1939 Soviet historical drama directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Mikhail Doller, based on Viktor Shklovsky's novel "Russians at the Beginning of the XVII Century".
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Directed by | Vsevolod Pudovkin Mikhail Doller |
Written by | Viktor Shklovsky |
Starring | Aleksandr Khanov Boris Livanov |
Cinematography | Anatoli Golovnya |
Music by | Yuri Shaporin |
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Release date | 3 November 1939 |
Running time | 3647 meters (109 minutes) |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
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The film is about the Time of Troubles, Russia's struggle for independence led by Dmitry Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin against the Polish invasion in 1611–1612. It was the first of several important Soviet films to show Poland as an aggressor.[1]
In 1941, Pudovkin, Doller, Livanov, and Khanov received the Stalin Prize.