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Aleksandr Sokurov

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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 a…

Career works
40
Movies
37
Series
3
Career average
6.2/10
Birth date
06/14/1951
Place of birth
village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)
Filmography highlights
Movies
Naum. Predictions
Naum. Predictions
2026
Director's Diary
Director's Diary
2025
Voices in the Old Walls
Voices in the Old Walls
2019
Francofonia
Francofonia
2015 · 6.5
Voice of Sokurov
Voice of Sokurov
2014 · 6.5
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
2013 · 6.2
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Film about the film
2013
Alexander Sokurov. Temptation
Alexander Sokurov. Temptation
2012
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
2011 · 7.6
We Need Happiness
We Need Happiness
2010
The Art of Time
The Art of Time
2009
Elegy of a Voyage
Elegy of a Voyage
2009 · 7.4
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree
2008
Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema
Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema
2008 · 5.0
Sokurov
Sokurov
2006
Series
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
2011 · 6.5
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011 · 7.7
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Matussek trifft
2010
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