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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
June 14, 1951
Place of Birth
village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)
Also Known As
- Alexander Sokurov
- Александр Сокуров
- 알렉산드르 소쿠로프
- Alexandre Nikolaïevitch Sokourov
- Aleksandr Sokourov
- Aleksandr Nikolaïevitch Sokourov
Aleksandr Sokurov
1.1 Popularity
Biography
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
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self
Naum. Predictions
2026
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Self
Director's Diary
2025
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Voices in the Old Walls
2019
6.6
(voice)
Francofonia
2015
6.5
Himself
Voice of Sokurov
2014
6.2
Himself - Filmmaker
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
2013
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himself
Film about the film
2013
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Alexander Sokurov. Temptation
2012
6.4
Self
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
2011
7.6
Self
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
2011
Credits
Naum. Predictions
as self
2026
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Director's Diary
as Self
2025
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Voices in the Old Walls
2019
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Francofonia
as (voice)
2015
6.6
Voice of Sokurov
as Himself
2014
6.5
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
as Himself - Filmmaker
2013
6.2
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Film about the film
as himself
2013
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Alexander Sokurov. Temptation
2012
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Agnès Varda: From Here to There
as Self
2011
6.4
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
as Self
2011
7.6
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self
2011
7.7
We Need Happiness
as Narrator (voice)
2010
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Matussek trifft
as Self
2010
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The Art of Time
as Self
2009
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Elegy of a Voyage
as The Traveler (uncredited)
2009
7.2
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree
as Self
2008
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Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema
as Himself
2008
5.0
Sokurov
as himself
2006
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Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
as Himself
2006
6.9
In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark
as Himself
2003
6.7
Kira
as Self
2003
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Russian Ark
as The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)
2002
7.2
The Knot
as Self
1998
6.8
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Petersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment
as рассказчик, озвучка, в титрах не указан
1998
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The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
1998
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The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky
as (voice)
1997
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Robert. A Fortunate Life
as Narrator
1997
6.2
Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov
1997
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Oriental Elegy
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1996
6.1
A Soldier's Dream
1995
4.5
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An Example of Intonation
as Self
1991
8.0
Simple Elegy
1990
5.0
Leningrad Retrospective
1990
4.0
Soviet Elegy
as Narrator (voice)
1989
4.9
Petersburg Elegy
as Narrator
1989
5.2
Moscow Elegy
as Narrator (voice)
1987
6.2
And Nothing More
as narrator (voice)
1987
4.5
You Should Survive
1981
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VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession
1979
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