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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 752–753. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
2. ^ "Berlinale 1981: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 29 August 2010.

## External links[edit]

* Aleksandr Zarkhi at IMDb

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