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.
37 movies · 3 shows
Naum. Predictions
2026·0.0
Director's Diary
2025·0.0
Voices in the Old Walls
2019·0.0
Francofonia
2015·6.5
Voice of Sokurov
2014·6.5
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
2013·6.2
Film about the film
2013·0.0
Alexander Sokurov. Temptation
2012·0.0
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
2011·7.6
We Need Happiness
2010·0.0
The Art of Time
2009·0.0
Elegy of a Voyage
2009·7.4
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree
2008·0.0
Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema
2008·5.0
Sokurov
2006·0.0
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
2006·6.9
In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark
2003·6.8
Kira
2003·0.0
Islands. Alexander Sokurov
2003·0.0
Russian Ark
2002·7.2
The Knot
1998·7.3
Petersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment
1998·0.0
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
1998·0.0
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky
1997·0.0
Robert. A Fortunate Life
1997·6.3
Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov
1997·0.0
Oriental Elegy
1996·6.2
A Soldier's Dream
1995·4.5
An Example of Intonation
1991·8.0
Simple Elegy
1990·6.0
Leningrad Retrospective
1990·4.8
Soviet Elegy
1989·5.2
Petersburg Elegy
1989·6.0
Moscow Elegy
1987·6.5
And Nothing More
1987·5.2
You Should Survive
1981·3.0
VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession
1979·0.0