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Alexander Sokurov - what members say

Russian Ark review by from RADLETT

7 March 2004
... celebration and tribute for those who know their stuff. -In the doc, director Alexander Sokurov downplays the technical aspects, saying the film ought to be judged on its arti... Read customer review

The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion review by Savage from London, England

A must for all Tarkovsky lovers 29 December 2007
... leaves out. After that is 'Moscow elegy', a memorial to the great man made by Alexander Sokurov, perhaps the nearest thing cinema has to an inheritor of his mantle. This stre... Read customer review

Alexander Sokurov - filmography

Faust (2011)
Starring: Georg Friedrich, Hanna Schygulla
Director: Alexander Sokurov
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Russian director Alexander Sokurov's adaption and interpretation of the story of Doctor Faustus who sold his soul to the devil for unimaginable power. Originally written by Christopher Marlowe and adapted by Johann Wolfgang Goethe and Thomas Mann.

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Due for release on 20th August 2012

Faust - Blu-ray (2011)
Starring: Georg Friedrich, Hanna Schygulla
Director: Alexander Sokurov
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Russian director Alexander Sokurov's adaption and interpretation of the story of Doctor Faustus who sold his soul to the devil for unimaginable power. Originally written by Christopher Marlowe and adapted by Johann Wolfgang Goethe and Thomas Mann.

30% from 2 members
Due for release on 20th August 2012

Alexandra on DVD (2008)
Starring: Galina Vishnevskaya, Vasily Shevtsov, Raisa Gichaeva
Director: Alexander Sokurov
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Alexandra is an elderly woman who has come to see her beloved grandson, a young officer stationed at a remote military outpost. Beneath a scorching sun, with the enemy laying in wait beyond the compound, she wanders the barracks--acquainting herself with the routines of military life, the boyish ..read more »

52% from 908 members

The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion (2007)
Starring: Andrei Tarkovsky
Director: Chris Marker, Tonino Guerra, Alexander Sokurov
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Collection of three documentaries profiling one of the leading lights of world cinema; Andrei Tarkovsky, the Russian director of thought-provoking classics such as SOLARIS, STALKER and IVAN'S CHILDHOOD. Documentaries included: Alexander Sokurov's MOSCOW ELEGY, Chris Marker's ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF ..read more »

72% from 201 members
Not currently released

The Sun on DVD (2005)
Starring: Issei Ogata, Robert Dawson, Kaori Momoi
Director: Alexander Sokurov
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Japan, August 1945. Millions of Japanese are stunned to hear the voice of their Emperor for the first time, as he commands his people to cease all fighting. Though the address saves the lives of countless Japanese and thousands more Allied forces, the victorious powers insist Emperor Hirohito ..read more »

51% from 1,753 member

Father And Son on DVD (2003)
Starring: Andrey Shchetinin, Aleksey Neymyshev, Alexander Razbash
Director: Alexander Sokurov
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Acclaimed filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (RUSSIAN ARK) brings us this sensual study of the bond between a strapping Russian father (Andrey Schetinin) and his soldier son (Aleksey Neymsyshev). In a dreamy rooftop apartment overlooking the sea, the pair wrestle, lift weights, bond, pore over old photos ..read more »

50% from 534 members

Russian Ark on DVD (2002)
Starring: Mikhail Piotrovsky, Alexander Chaban, David Giorgobiani
Director: Alexander Sokurov
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A visually hypnotising cinematic feat, RUSSIAN ARK is Alexander Sokurov's spellbinding ode to St. Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum. Shot in one fluid take using High Definition video cameras, the photography floats and careens through the lavish corridors of the museum, examining its ..read more »

58% from 3,895 members

Moloch on DVD (1999)
Starring: Yelena Rufanova, Elena Rufanova, Leonid Mozgovoi
Director: Alexander Sokurov
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In 1942, in Bavaria, Eva Braun (Yelena Rufanova) is alone, when Adolf Hitler arrives with Dr. Josef Goebbels and his wife Magda Goebbels (Yelena Spiridonova) and Martin Bormann (Vladimir Bogdanov) to spend a couple of days without talking politics.

47% from 633 members

Mother And Son on DVD (1997)
Starring: Aleksei Ananishnov, Gudrun Geyer
Director: Alexander Sokurov
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With a visually stunning, quiet intensity, director Alexander Sokurov awakens the senses to the world of nature, human relationships, and death in this film about the poignant last hours of a dying mother and the son who cares for her. The film begins before the first scene and ends after the last, ..read more »

59% from 415 members

Spiritual Voices (2 discs) (1995)
Director: Alexander Sokurov
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Presents an insight into the emotions of a group of Russian soldiers on duty at an outpost located between Tajikistan and Afghanistan.

58% from 62 members
Not currently released

The Alexander Sokurov Collection
Starring: Robert Vaap, Cecile Zervudacki, Pyotr Aleksandrov
Director: Alexander Sokurov
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Alexander Sokurov is a Russian director of avant-garde and independent films that have won him international acclaim. This box set includes three of his masterpieces, available on DVD for the very first time. SAVE AND PROTECT (1990) SECOND CIRCLE (1990) ELEGY OF LIFE (2006)

20% from 2 members
Due for release on 20th August 2012

Confession (2 discs) on DVD
Starring: Yves Montand, Simone Signoret
Director: Alexander Sokurov
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Presents an insight into the emotions of the crew of a Russian Navy Battleship travelling across the Barents Sea.

52% from 69 members

Dialogues With Solzhenitsyn on DVD
Director: Alexander Sokurov
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In this revealing documentary, director Alexander Sokurov (RUSSIAN ARK) captures two wide-ranging conversations with Nobel Prize-winning novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn (ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVITCH) and his wife. Fascinating and freewheeling, these dialogues offers a rare glimpse into ..read more »

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Alexander Sokurov facts

5 most recent films

Faust - 3 stars
Faust - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
Alexandra - 2.5 stars
The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion - 3.5 stars
The Sun - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion - 3.5 stars
Mother And Son - 3.0 stars
Spiritual Voices - 3.0 stars
Russian Ark - 3.0 stars
Alexandra - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Faust - 3 stars
Faust - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
The Alexander Sokurov Collection - 1.0 stars
Dialogues With Solzhenitsyn - 3.0 stars
Moloch - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Yves Montand - 3 times - show films
Simone Signoret - 3 times - show films
Georg Friedrich - 2 times - show films
Hanna Schygulla - 2 times - show films
Oleg Khmelnitsky - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Chris Marker - 1 times - show films
Tonino Guerra - 1 times - show films