Aleksandr Sokurov

Aleksandr Sokurov

Born 14/06/1951 (72 years old)
Podorviča, Irkutská oblast, Soviet Union

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Alexander Sokurov (b. 1951, Podorvikha, USSR), director and cameraman, studied history before moving on to documentary film at Moscow’s VGIK (1974–79). His documentaries and dramas, employing an inventive aesthetic form to ponder key moments in human life and in modern history, are regularly awarded at world festivals. Many of his works have been presented at Karlovy Vary, including a 1997 retrospective entitled Alexander Sokurov: A Spiritual Voice from Russia. His… (more)

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Director

Movies
2022

Fairytale

2015

Francofonia

2011

Faust

2007

Alexandra

2005

The Sun

2003

Father and Son

2002

Russian Ark

2001

Elegy of a Voyage

 

Taurus

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1999

Moloch

1997

Mother and Son

1993

Elegija iz Rossii

 

Whispering Pages

1992

The Stone

1990

The Second Circle

1989

Save and Protect

1988

The Days of Eclipse

1987

Mournful Unconcern

 

The Lonely Voice of Man

Documentaries
2011

We Need Happiness

2010

Intonacija. Arsen Kanokov

 

Intonacija. Boris Averin

 

Intonacija. Jurij Šmidt

 

Intonacija. Sergej Slonimskij

 

Intonacija. Valerij Zorkin

 

Intonacija. Vladimir Jakunin

2009

Reading Book of Blockade

2008

Cinema16: World Short Films

2006

Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya

2004

Peterburgskiy dnevnik: Mozart. Rekviem

2000

Dolce...

1999

Uzel

1998

Confession (series)

 

Petěrburgskij dněvnik: Kvartira Kozinceva (TV movie)

1997

A Humble Life

 

Petěrburgskij dněvnik: Otkrytije pamjatnika Dostojevskomu (TV movie)

1995

Soldier's Dream

 

Spiritual Voices

1990

K sobytiyam v Zakavkazye

 

Leningradskaya retrospektiva

 

Prostaya elegiya

1989

Peterburzhskaya elegiya

 

Sonata for Hitler

 

Soviet Elegy

1988

Mariya

1987

Terpenie. Trud

 

Tertium non Datur

 

The Moscow Elegy

1985

Elegiya

1981

Sonata for Viola. Dmitri Shostakovitch

1979

Last Day of a Rainy Summer

1975

Pozyvnye R1NN (TV movie)

1974

Avtomobil nabiraet nadezhnost (TV movie)

 

Samye zemnye zaboty (TV movie)

Theatrical recording
2007

Boris Godunov

Short
1996

Oriental Elegy

 

Robert: A Fortunate Life

1987

Empire

 

Zhertva vechernyaya

1980

Razzhalovannyy

1975

Leto Marii Voynovoy (TV movie)

Screenwriter

Actor

Cinematographer

Movies
2005

The Sun

2001

Taurus

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