General Suvorov (1941)
Original title: Суворов
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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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Nikolai P. CherkasovGen. Aleksandr Vassilievich Suvorov-Rimnikski (as N.P. Cherkasov)
Aleksandr KhanovPlatonych, his second-in-command
Mikhail AstangovCount Aleksandr Andreyevich Arakcheyev (as M. Astangov)
Apollon YachnitskiyTsar Pavel I (as A. Yachnitsky)Georgi KovrovProkhor "Proshka" Semyonich (as G. Kovrov)
Vsevolod AksyonovCapt. Meshchersky (as V. Aksyonov)
Aleksandr AntonovCol. Tyurin (as A. Antonov)S. KiliginPrince Pyotr Ivanovich BagrationMovie DNA
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What is General Suvorov about?
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.
How long is General Suvorov?
General Suvorov has a runtime of 100 minutes.