Alexandr Faintsimmer

Alexandr Faintsimmer

Known for

Directing

Born

December 31, 1906

Birthplace

Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire [now Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine]

Died

March 21, 1982 (aged 75)

Biography

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Faintsimmer (Feinzimmer, Russian: Александр Михайлович Файнциммер; 31 December 1906 – 21 March 1982) was a Soviet film director. He has been cited as a filmmaker on the forefront of Russian language social thriller. His son Leonid Kvinikhidze was also a film director.

Best known work

The End of St. Petersburg
The End of St. Petersburg
1927
Lieutenant Kijé
Lieutenant Kijé
1934
A Girl with Guitar
A Girl with Guitar
1958
The Gadfly
The Gadfly
1955
The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya
The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya
1978
No Margin for Error
No Margin for Error
1975
Kotovsky
Kotovsky
1943
Naval Battalion
Naval Battalion
1946
The "Artist's" Last Tour
The "Artist's" Last Tour
1980
Fifty-Fifty
Fifty-Fifty
1972

Filmography

  1. 1980

    The "Artist's" Last Tour

    Director

  2. 1978

  3. 1975

  4. 1972

    Fifty-Fifty

    Director

  5. 1969

  6. 1965

  7. 1962

  8. 1958

  9. 1955

    The Gadfly

    Director

  10. 1953

  11. 1949

  12. 1949

  13. 1948

  14. 1946

  15. 1943

    Kotovsky

    Director

  16. 1941

  17. 1938

  18. 1934

  19. 1927

    The End of St. Petersburg

    Second Assistant Director

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