General Suvorov

General Suvorov

58% | Jan 23, 1941 | Drama, History

Primarily a biographical documentary about the military career of Alexander Vasilvich Suvorov, who was Field Marshal of the armies of Catherine the Great and Czar Paul I. After many military successes during the reign of Catherine, General Suvorov broke with her successor, Paul I, the Mad Emperor, over questions regarding army policy. He went into retirement and wrote "The Science of Victory," containing maxims such as "Swiftness of movement accompanies victory," and "the real general is he who defeats the enemy before reaching him." The czar recalled Suvorov to become the leader of the joint armies of Russia and Austria against Napoleon.

Featured Cast

Mikhail Doller
Director
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Director

Cast

Gen. Aleksandr Vassilievich Suvorov-Rimnikski (as N.P. Cherkasov)
Nikolai P. Cherkasov
Gen. Aleksandr Vassilievich Suvorov-Rimnikski (as N.P. Cherkasov)
Platonych, his second-in-command
Aleksandr Khanov
Platonych, his second-in-command
Count Aleksandr Andreyevich Arakcheyev (as M. Astangov)
Mikhail Astangov
Count Aleksandr Andreyevich Arakcheyev (as M. Astangov)
Tsar Pavel I (as A. Yachnitsky)
Apollon Yachnitskiy
Tsar Pavel I (as A. Yachnitsky)
Prokhor "Proshka" Semyonich (as G. Kovrov)
Georgi Kovrov
Prokhor "Proshka" Semyonich (as G. Kovrov)

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