Suvorov (film)

Suvorov (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.

Cast

 * Nikolai Cherkasov-Sergeyev as Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov
 * Aleksandr Khanov as Platonych
 * Mikhail Astangov as Aleksey Andreyevich Arakcheyev
 * Apollon Yachnitsky as Pavel I
 * Georgi Kovrov as Prokhor
 * S. Kiligin as Pyotr Bagration
 * Vsevolod Aksyonov as Meshchersky
 * Aleksandr Antonov as Colonel Tyurin, commander of the Azov regiment
 * Aleksandr Khvylya
 * Galina Kravchenko as Lopukhina (uncredited)
 * Anatoli Solovyov