Aleksandr Zarkhi

Aleksandr Zarkhi
Born	Aleksandr Grigoryevich Zarkhi (1908-02-18)18 February 1908 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	27 January 1997(1997-01-27) (aged 88) Moscow, Russia
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1928–1986

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).^[1]

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.^[2]

Filmography

• 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)

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)

References

External links

• Aleksandr Zarkhi at IMDb

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