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Grigori Vasilyevich Aleksandrov or Alexandrov (original family name was Mormonenko; 23 January 1903 - 16 December 1983) was a prominent Soviet film director who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1947 and a Hero of Socialist Labor in 1973. He was awarded the Stalin Prizes for 1941 and 1950.
Initially associated with Sergei Eisenstein, with whom he worked as a co-director, screenwriter and actor, Aleksandrov became a major director in his own right in the 1930s, when he directed Jolly Fellows and a string of other musical comedies starring his wife Lyubov Orlova.
Though Aleksandrov remained active until his death, his musicals, amongst the first made in the Soviet Union, remain his most popular films. They rival Ivan Pyryev's films as the most effective and light-hearted showcase ever designed for Stalin-era USSR.
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Filmography
all 37
Movies 37
Director 20
Writer 8
self 3
Lyubov Orlova (1985)
Starling and Lyre (1974)
I Don't Want to Be Filmed (1967)
Ленин в Швейцарии (1966)
Russkiy Suvenir (1960)
Martyn Borulya (1953)
Man of Music (1952)
Meeting on the Elbe (1949)
Spring (1947)
A Family (1943)
Seeds of Freedom (1943)
The Shining Path (1940)
Time in the Sun (1940)
Liberation (1940)
Volga - Volga (1938)
Circus (1936)
Jolly Fellows (1934)
Death Day (1934)
Hurray Mexico! (1932)
Sentimental Romance (1930)
The General Line (1929)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Strike (1925)
Glumov's Diary (1923)
The Sleeping Beauty
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1903-01-22
Deathday1983-12-16 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceYekaterinburg, Russia
CitizenshipsRussian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Russian Empire, Soviet Union
Also Known AsГригорий Александров, Gregory Alexandrov, Grigori Vassílievitx Mormonenko, Grigori Vassílievitx Aleksàndrov, Григо́рий Васи́льевич Алекса́ндров, Григо́рий Васи́льевич Мормоненко
AwardsHonored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Stalin Prize, Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Order of the Red Star, Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of Friendship of Peoples, People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of Lenin
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