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Grigori Aleksandrov

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.


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Born:
Jan 22, 1903 In Yekaterinburg, Russian Empire
Movie/TV Credits:
8
First Appeared:
In the movie Glumov's Diary 1923-05-21
Latest Project:
Movie Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy 1998-02-12
Known For
Poster of Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Poster of Sergei Eisenstein
Poster of Seeds of Freedom
Poster of Battleship Potemkin
Filmography
Movie Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy Himself 1998-02-12
Movie ¡Qué Viva México! Self 1979-10-01
Movie Starling and Lyre General (uncredited) 1974-06-16
Movie Sergei Eisenstein Himself (archive footage) 1958-01-01
Movie Seeds of Freedom ('Potemkin' sequence) (archive footage) 1943-08-24
Movie Strike Factory Foreman 1925-04-28
Movie Battleship Potemkin Chief Officer Giliarovsky 1925-12-24
Movie Glumov's Diary Glumov 2, Golutvin 1923-05-21