Aleksandr Zarkhi
Aleksandr Grigoryevich Zarkhi (Russian: Александр Григорьевич Зархи; 18 February 1908 – 27 January 1997) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Hero of Socialist Labour (1978).
Also recorded as Aleksandr Grigoryevich Zarkhi · Alexander Zarkhi
Aleksandr Zarkhi
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- Born
- 1908. · Saint Petersburg.
- Died
- 1997. · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire, Soviet Union and Russia.
- Occupation
- actor, screenwriter, writer, memoirist and director.
- Education
- Saint Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television.
- Honours
- Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945.
- Languages
- Russian.
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His film Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival in 1981.
The Song of Metal (Песнь о металле) (1928); documentary Wind in the Face (Ветер в лицо) (1930); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits Noon (Полдень) (1931); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits My Motherland (Моя Родина) (1933); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits Hectic Days (Горячие денечки) (1935); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits Baltic Deputy (Депутат Балтики) (1937); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits Member of the Government (Член правительства) (1940); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits His Name Is Sukhe-Bator (Его зовут Сухэ-Батор) (1942); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits The Last Hill (Малахов курган)(1944); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits In the Name of Life (Во имя жизни) (1946); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits The Precious Seed (Драгоценные зерна) (1948); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits The Fires of Baku (Огни Баку) (1950); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits and Rza Tahmasib Kolkhoz Rassvet (Колхоз "Рассвет") (1951); documentary Pavlinka (Павлинка) (1952); TV play Nesterka (Нестерка) (1954) The Height (Высота) (1957) People on the Bridge (Люди на мосту) (1960) My Younger Brother (Мой младший брат) (1962) Hello, Life! (1963) Anna Karenina (Анна Каренина) (1967) Towns and Years (Города и годы) (1973) Story of an Unknown Actor (Повесть о неизвестном актере) (1976) Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky (Двадцать шесть дней из жизни Достоевского) (1981) Chicherin (Чичерин) (1986)
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1997
Aleksandr Zarkhi died in 1997 at Moscow.
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Saint Petersburg.
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Moscow.
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Awards and honours
Three Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1940) Two Stalin Prizes (1941, 1946) People's Artist of the RSFSR (1965) People's Artist of the USSR (1969) Hero of Socialist Labour (1978) Order of Lenin (1978) Order of the October Revolution (1986)
Aleksandr Zarkhi and Tatiana Samoilova
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- 1.Peter Rollberg. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. 752–753. 2009. 978-0-8108-6072-8.
- 2.Berlinale 1981: Prize Winners. berlinale.de.
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