Aleksandr Sokurov
Aleksandr Sokurov (born June 14, 1951) is a Russian director of avant-garde and independent films that have won him international acclaim. Described as a heir to Tarkovsky, spare, gloomy and contemplative, he often blurs lines between image and world. His noticable trademark and style includes long, accurate shots of real painterly compositions, disorted field of view, zooms and use of wide angle lenses. Often plotless with emphasis on aesthetics and impressionism his films are noted for philosophical approach to history and nature. Sokurov underlines the importance of film, not to yield to the modern audience laziness, and to stay away from mere entertainment.
His most significant works include a feature film, Russian Ark (2002), filmed in a single unedited shot, Mother and Son (1997) and Faust (2011), which was honoured with the Golden Lion, the highest prize for the best film at the Venice Film Festival.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.646 |
| Birthday | 1951-06-14 |
| Place of Birth | village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia) |
| Also Known As | Alexander Sokurov, Александр Сокуров, 알렉산드르 소쿠로프, |
1989
Petersburg Elegy
5.2/4
The story about the life of Shaliapin’s family, and an emotional generalization of the life of people in modern Leningrad.
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Petersburg Elegy
1989
Soviet Elegy
4.9/12
In "The Soviet Elegy" the long train of photos of the Soviet leaders, dead or alive, stops at the portrait of Yeltsin. At the time of shooting Yeltsin...
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Soviet Elegy
2006
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
7.1/5
A documentary about the famous musician Mstislav Rostropovich and his wife, Galina Vishnevskaya.
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Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
2014
Voice of Sokurov
6.5/2
Five years in the making, based on six lengthy interviews filmed on six different locations in Saint Petersburg, we meet an outspoken artist who cover...
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Voice of Sokurov
2003
In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark
6.7/9
Making of Russian Ark, with on camera personal views by members of the cast and crew of the major film.
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In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark
2010
We Need Happiness
0/0
The life stories of two elderly women living in a remote region of Kurdish Iraq.
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We Need Happiness
2015
Francofonia
6.604/72
Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum into a magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection...
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Francofonia
1991
An Example of Intonation
8/1
The second film by Sokurov featuring Boris Yeltsin as the principal character. Now he is the President of Russia, invested with power, bearing the ful...
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An Example of Intonation
1997
Robert. A Fortunate Life
6.2/11
Aleksander Sokurov brings the treasures of the Hermitage back into the light by making films about artists and their paintings. He has chosen the pain...
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Robert. A Fortunate Life
2008
Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema
5/3
An encounter with the great Russian film director Alexander Sokurov, which gives rise to a lot of questions about his artistic stand and the problems...
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Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema
2003
Kira
0/0
Film about the work of Ukrainian film director Kira Muratova.
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Kira
2013
Film about the film
0/0
Documentary film from the set of Igor Olshansky’s debut short film “Easter”. Igor Olshansky is a participant of Alexander Sokurov’s programme “Example...
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Film about the film
2001
Elegy of a Voyage
7.3/15
This intimately narrated journey from Russia to Rotterdam, via rail, road and Finnish ferry, is a melancholy meditation on divinity, time and place in...
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Elegy of a Voyage
1998
The Knot
6.8/5
The Dialogues with Solzhenitsyn is a two-part Russian television documentary by Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov on Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The doc...
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The Knot
2006
Sokurov
0/0
Poetic portrait of a filmmaker. The famous director reflects on creativity and love. His friends and associates take part in the film: artist Vladimir...
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Sokurov
1996
Oriental Elegy
5.923/13
A surreal journey of a displaced spirit as he wanders in the interminable darkness through the temporal landscape of a quaint and isolated feudal-era...
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Oriental Elegy
1990
Leningrad Retrospective
5.5/2
A montage of Leningrad newsreel becomes a composite collage made up of documents-shots, divided in 16 parts, presenting the author's point of view on...
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Leningrad Retrospective
1997
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky
0/0
Petersburg Diary - Opening of the monument to Dostoevsky
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The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky
2013
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
6.2/3
Yekaterinburg, Russia, July 17th, 1917. Czar Nicholas II Romanov and his entire family are brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks. This tragic event puts...
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The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
1987
Moscow Elegy
6.2/22
A 1988 documentary film directed by Alexander Sokurov, about the later life and death of Soviet Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. The film was origi...
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Moscow Elegy
1990
Simple Elegy
5/2
The office of the President of Lithuania, 1990. Inside, silence reigns, contrasting to the shouting of the crowds outside the windows of the governmen...
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Simple Elegy
1995
A Soldier's Dream
4.545/11
This small film came out of the material edited for Sokurov's five-hour documentary Spiritual Voices.
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A Soldier's Dream
2011
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
8.2/3
Agnès Varda travels around the world to meet friends, artists and filmmakers for an expansive view of the global contemporary art scene.
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Agnès Varda: From Here to There
2009
The Art of Time
0/0
Explores some of the most innovative attempts by contemporary artists, filmmakers, architects etc to explore multiple Temporalities and to counter the...
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The Art of Time
2008
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree
0/0
The film is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree
1981
You Should Survive
1/1
1945, an attack aviation regiment is based at the field airfield, which is served by a team of young girls. The last days of the war are coming... In...
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You Should Survive
1998
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
0/0
A documentary film about the Russian director Sergei Kosintsev.
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The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
1987
And Nothing More
5.7/3
The picture is about the anti-Hitler coalition of the USSR, England and America, which developed as a counterweight to the aggressive policy of Nazi G...
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And Nothing More
2002
Russian Ark
7.3/441
A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.
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Russian Ark
2012
Alexander Sokurov. Temptation
0/0
The film is dedicated to the life and work of the Russian director, who deservedly received worldwide recognition due to his incredible talent
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Alexander Sokurov. Temptation
2023
The Last Days of Humanity
7.4/11
The panorama of human affairs encounters the “man with a movie camera”. His playground has no boundaries, his curiosity no limits. Characters, situati...
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The Last Days of Humanity
1997
Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov
0/0
Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov talks with the young director of independent experimental cinema Edward Shelganov.
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Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov
Петербургский дневник: Квартира Козинцева
0/0
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