

Aleksandr Sokurov
Directing
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...
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Highest rated appearances
Filmography

Voices in the Old Walls

Francofonia
as (voice)

Voice of Sokurov
as Himself

The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
as Himself - Filmmaker
Film about the film
as himself

Alexander Sokurov. Temptation

Agnès Varda: From Here to There
as Self

We Need Happiness
as Narrator (voice)

The Art of Time
as Self

Elegy of a Voyage
as The Traveler (uncredited)

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree
as Self

Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema
as Himself

Sokurov
as himself

Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
as Himself

In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark
as Himself

Kira
as Self
Islands. Alexander Sokurov

Russian Ark
as The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)

The Knot
as Self
Petersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment
as рассказчик, озвучка, в титрах не указан

The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat

The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky
as (voice)

Robert. A Fortunate Life
as Narrator

Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov

Oriental Elegy
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

A Soldier's Dream
An Example of Intonation
as Self

Simple Elegy

Leningrad Retrospective







