Grigori Aleksandrov
Biography: Grigori Vasilyevich Aleksandrov or Alexandrov (original family name was Mormonenko; 23 January 1903 - 16 December 1983) was a prominent Soviet film director who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1947 and a Hero of Socialist Labor in 1973. He was awarded the Stalin Prizes for 1941 and 1950. Initially associated with Sergei Eisenstein, with whom he worked as a co-director, screenwriter and actor, Aleksandrov became a major director in his own right in the 1930s, when he directed Jolly Fellows and a string of other musical comedies starring his wife Lyubov Orlova. Though Aleksandrov remained active until his death, his musicals, amongst the first made in the Soviet Union, remain his most popular films. They rival Ivan Pyryev's films as the most effective and light-hearted showcase ever designed for Stalin-era USSR. Description above from the Wikipedia article Grigori Aleksandrov, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 22, 1903
Deathday: December 16, 1983
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Battleship Potemkin
1925-12-24
Battleship Potemkin
Overview: A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The film had an incredible impact on the development of cinema and is a masterful example of montage editing.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1925-12-24
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Seeds of Freedom
1943-08-24
Seeds of Freedom
Overview: Archive footage from Potemkin (1925), with English dialogue dubbed in by American actors, is combined with new footage to tie together the brave stand of Odessa Russian guerrilla bands of the 1940's against German forces with the similar situation of 1905 when Odessa citizens aided in the revolt against the Czar as depicted in Eisenstein's classic Potemkin (1925).
Genres: Drama Music War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-24
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¡Qué Viva México!
1979-10-01
¡Qué Viva México!
Overview: Eisenstein shows us Mexico in this movie, its history and its culture. He believes, that Mexico can become a modern state.
Genres: Documentary Drama Western
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1979-10-01
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Strike
1925-04-28
Strike
Overview: Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1925-04-28
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Glumov's Diary
1923-05-21
Glumov's Diary
Overview: Filmic insert to Eisenstein's modernized, free adaptation of Ostrovskiy's 19th-century Russian stage play, "The Wise Man" ("Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovolno prostoty"). The anti-hero Glumov tries to escape exposure in the midst of acrobatics, derring-do, and farcical clowning. Several members of Eisenstein's troupe at the legendary "Proletkult" stage theatre in Moscow briefly appear in this little film.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1923-05-21
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Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
1998-02-12
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Overview: Eisenstein shot 50 hours of footage on location in Mexico in 1931 and 32 for what would have become ¡Que viva México!, but was not able to finish the film. Following two wildly different reconstruction attempts in 1939 (Marie Seton's 'Time in the Sun') and 1979 (Grigori Alexandrov's '¡Que viva México!') Kovalov has here compiled another hypothetical version of what Eisenstein's film might have been.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1998-02-12
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I Don't Want to Be Filmed
1967-07-31
I Don't Want to Be Filmed
Overview: A test film for black-and-white television, made by Mosfilm in 1967. A girl dreaming to be in movies got a call from Mosfilm, asking her to be filmed. She enters the dreamy bubble that is called filmmaking. The film was commissioned by the Research Film and Photo Institute. It features famous actors and directors, including Georgy Vitsin, Georgy Georgiu, Pavel Vinnik, Grigory Alexandrov and others. Some of them play themselves.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1967-07-31
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Sergei Eisenstein
1958-01-01
Sergei Eisenstein
Overview: Documentary made for the 60th anniversary of Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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Starling and Lyre
1974-06-16
Starling and Lyre
Overview: Soviet intelligence spouses — Lyudmila ("Lyre") and Fyodor ("Starling") Grekov at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War are tasked with settling in Germany. Personnel intelligence officers with vast experience are successfully introduced into German society and begin to work actively. At the end of the war, during the bombing of Berlin, fate separates them, but then they will meet in the new Germany and continue their work.
Genres: Romance Thriller War Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1974-06-16
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