Aleksandr Sokurov
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Aleksandr Sokurov

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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.

Films Featuring Aleksandr Sokurov

You Should Survive

19813.0

The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat

1998

And Nothing More

19875.2

Russian Ark

20027.2

Petersburg Elegy

19896.0

Soviet Elegy

19895.2

Alexander Sokurov. Temptation

2012

Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya

20066.9

Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov

1997

Voice of Sokurov

20146.5

In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark

20036.8

We Need Happiness

2010

An Example of Intonation

An Example of Intonation

19918.0

Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema

20085.0

Robert. A Fortunate Life

19976.2

Petersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment

Petersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment

1998

Francofonia

20156.5

Kira

2003

Film about the film

Film about the film

2013

The Knot

19987.3

Elegy of a Voyage

20097.4

Sokurov

2006

Oriental Elegy

19966.2

Leningrad Retrospective

19904.8

The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky

1997

The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars

20136.2

Simple Elegy

19906.0

Moscow Elegy

19876.5

A Soldier's Dream

19954.5

Agnès Varda: From Here to There

20117.6

The Art of Time

2009

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree

2008

VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession

1979

Voices in the Old Walls

2019

Naum. Predictions

2026

Director's Diary

2025

Islands. Alexander Sokurov

Islands. Alexander Sokurov

2003

Like a River’s Flow