General Suvorov

5.8
19411h 40m

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.

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Cast

Photo of Nikolai P. Cherkasov

Nikolai P. Cherkasov

Gen. Aleksandr Vassilievich Suvorov-Rimnikski (as N.P. Cherkasov)

Photo of Aleksandr Khanov

Aleksandr Khanov

Platonych, his second-in-command

Photo of Mikhail Astangov

Mikhail Astangov

Count Aleksandr Andreyevich Arakcheyev (as M. Astangov)

Photo of Apollon Yachnitskiy

Apollon Yachnitskiy

Tsar Pavel I (as A. Yachnitsky)

Photo of Georgi Kovrov

Georgi Kovrov

Prokhor "Proshka" Semyonich (as G. Kovrov)

Photo of Vsevolod Aksyonov

Vsevolod Aksyonov

Capt. Meshchersky (as V. Aksyonov)

Photo of Aleksandr Antonov

Aleksandr Antonov

Col. Tyurin (as A. Antonov)

Photo of Sergey Kiligin

Sergey Kiligin

Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration

Photo of Yevgeny Gurov

Yevgeny Gurov

Franz von Weyrother

Photo of Aleksandr Smirnov

Aleksandr Smirnov

Aleksey Gorchakov

Photo of Nikolai Arsky

Nikolai Arsky

Mikhail Miloradovich

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