General Suvorov

The film tells the military life of Alexander Suvorov. Suvorov was a field marshal in the Russian army. Part of his service fell in the reign of Catherine. In that period he won many victories. After Catherine, Paul comes to the throne. He falls out with the new ruler. The disagreement is about how the army is run. Suvorov withdraws from service. He goes back to his village and writes a book. The book sets out his views on soldiering. Speed is what he dwells on above all. Time passes and the call comes. He is to command the joint armies of Russia and Austria. Nikolai Cherkasov and Mikhail Astangov take the leads. Mikhail Doller and Vsevolod Pudovkin directed the Soviet production of 1941.