Ksyusha hardly remembers her father: he disappeared when she was still little. And now, 10 years later, his icy body is found in the mountains. Incredibly, he is showing signs of life, even though he is in a coma. In this state, he is brought home. Ksyusha's mother remarried a long time ago, and the return of the forme…

故事发生在俄国被蒙古不断侵占攻击的某处，渔夫亚历山大·内夫斯基得知条顿族的骑士要进攻他国家的阴谋，正当一些俄国领导人试图安抚侵略者时，群众却选择了动员起来，推选内夫斯基为他们的司令，条顿族取得了一些胜利，甚至占领了普斯沃夫城，最后，又喜剧般地将之前占领的都交了出来。内夫斯基和他的军队在冰海之战中击败了条顿族人。

影片表现了13世纪俄国亚历山大·内夫斯基王子率领军民击溃掠夺成性的德国立窝尼亚条顿骑士的业绩。爱森斯坦借鉴民间叙事诗的技巧，使这一爱国史诗具有明显的壮丽歌剧的风格。条顿骑士入侵俄国后，无恶不作。他们洗劫普斯科夫，吊死爱国者。内夫斯基带领人民群众，以伊格纳特等积极分子为骨干力量，保卫了重镇诺夫哥罗德，消灭了叛徒托瓦尔其洛。…