Aleksandr Sokurov
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 the modern audience laziness, and to stay away from mere entertainment.
His most significant works include a feature film, Russian Ark (2002), filmed in a single unedited shot, Mother and Son (1997) and Faust (2011), which was honoured with the Golden Lion, the highest prize for the best film at the Venice Film Festival.
Acted in
The Last Days of Humanity
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Francofonia
2015
as (voice)
Voice of Sokurov
2014
as Himself
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
2013
as Himself - Filmmaker
Film about the film
2013
as himself
Alexander Sokurov. Temptation
2012
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
2011
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
2011
as Self
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
as Self
We Need Happiness
2010
as Narrator (voice)
The Art of Time
2009
as Self
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree
2008
as Self
Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema
2008
as Himself
Sokurov
2006
as himself
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
2006
as Himself
In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark
2003
as Himself
Kira
2003
as Self
Russian Ark
2002
as The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)
Elegy of a Voyage
2001
The Knot
1998
as Self
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
1998
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky
1997
as (voice)
Robert. A Fortunate Life
1997
as Narrator
Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov
1997
Oriental Elegy
1996
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Soldier's Dream
1995
An Example of Intonation
1991
as Self
Simple Elegy
1990
Leningrad Retrospective
1990
Soviet Elegy
1989
as Narrator (voice)
Petersburg Elegy
1989
as Narrator
Moscow Elegy
1987
as Narrator (voice)
And Nothing More
1987
as narrator (voice)
You Should Survive
1981
VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession
1979
Петербургский дневник: Квартира Козинцева
as рассказчик, озвучка, в титрах не указан