Aleksandr Faintsimmer
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Faintsimmer (Feinzimmer; 31 December 1906 – 21 March 1982) was a Soviet film director. He has been cited as a filmmaker on the forefront of Russian language social thriller. His son Leonid Kvinikhidze was also a film director.
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Aleksandr Faintsimmer
- Name
- Aleksandr Faintsimmer
- Birth Name
- Aleksandr Mikhailovich Faintsimmer
- Born
- December 31, 1906
- Birthplace
- Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire
- Died
- 21 March 1982
- Place of death
- USSR
- Occupation
- Film director
- Awards
- Stalin Prize (1950,1951)
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Education
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
- Honours
- Stalin Prize and 3rd degree · Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR · Order of the Badge of Honour · Honored Artist of the Belarusian SSR · Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 · Jubilee Medal In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
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Aleksandr Mikhailovich Faintsimmer (Feinzimmer; 31 December 1906 – 21 March 1982) was a Soviet film director. He has been cited as a filmmaker on the forefront of Russian language social thriller. His son Leonid Kvinikhidze was also a film director.
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• Name — Aleksandr Faintsimmer • Birth Name — Aleksandr Mikhailovich Faintsimmer • Born — December 31, 1906 • Birthplace — Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire • Died — 21 March 1982 • Place of death — USSR • Resting Place — Vvedenskoye Cemetery, Moscow • Occupation — Film director • Awards — Stalin Prize (1950,1951) • Notable Works — * The Gadfly (1955) • The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya (1978)
Filmography
Filmography
• The Czar Wants to Sleep (Poruchik Kizhe) (1934), better known as Lieutenant Kijé. Sergei Prokofiev wrote a famous instrumental piece, Lieutenant Kijé, as its main theme. • Men of the Sea (Baltiytsy) (1938) • Tanker "Derbent" (1941) • Kotovsky (1942) • Naval Battalion (1944) • For Those Who Are at Sea (1947) • A Girl with a Guitar (1948) • They Have a Motherland (1949) • Konstantin Zaslonov (1949) • Aušra prie Nemuno (1953) • The Gadfly (1955) • A Girl with Guitar (1958) • Night without Mercy (1962) (Noch bez miloserdiya) (Adaptation of a book by Kurt Sandner) • Far in the West (1968) • 50 to 50 (1972) • Without the Right to Mistake (1974) • The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya (1978) • Farewell tour Artist (1979)
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Aleksandr Faintsimmer died at Moscow.
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Aleksandr Faintsimmer received Stalin Prize, 3rd degree, Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR, Order of the Badge of Honour, Honored Artist of the Belarusian SSR, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin".
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