As Director, As Writer
Fairytale
2022
6.8
Aleksandr Sokurov
Acting
Birth date
June 14, 1951
Birth place
village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)
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.
Featured in
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Francofonia
2015
6.6
As Actor
Voice of Sokurov
2014
6.5
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Faust
2011
6.6
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Reading Book of Blockade
2009
4.5
As Actor
Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema
2008
5.0
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Alexandra
2007
6.0
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Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
2006
6.9
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The Sun
2005
6.7
As Director
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Mozart. Requiem
2004
8.5
As Director
Father and Son
2003
5.7
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Russian Ark
2002
7.2
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Taurus
2001
5.7
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Dolce
2000
6.2
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Moloch
1999
6.3
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The Knot
1998
6.8
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Confession
1998
7.2
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Robert. A Fortunate Life
1997
6.2
As Director
Mother and Son
1997
6.7
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Oriental Elegy
1996
6.1