THE BATTLE OF KERZHENETS (Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Yuriy Norshteyn, 1971)

Ten brilliant minutes long, Secha pri Kerzhentse is a great film about war. It was inspired by the legend of the invisible city of Kitezh that Rimsky-Korsakov set to music, some of which accompanies the film, in his 1907 opera. Russians rise up to resist a surprise invasion of Mongols which aims to decimate their […]