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Aleksandr Borisovich Stolper (Russian: Александр Борисович Столпер; 12 August 1907, in Dvinsk (now Daugavpils) – 12 January 1979, in Moscow) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between 1940 and 1977.
Aleksandr Stolper was born on 12 August 1907 in Dvinsk, Dvinsk uyezd, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Daugavpils, Latvia]. He was a director and writer, known for Zhivye i myortvye (1964), Povest o nastoyashchem cheloveke (1948) and Far from Moscow (1950).
- January 1, 1
- Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
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- Director, Writer, Art Department
The Living and the Dead (Russian: Живые и мёртвые, romanized: Zhivye i myortvye) is a 1964 Soviet World War II drama film directed by Aleksandr Stolper and produced by Mosfilm based on the 1959 novel The Living and the Dead by Konstantin Simonov.
Story of a Real Man (novel, 1946; radio play and movie, 1947), based on a real event, is a classic of socialist realism, vividly written, and charged with suspense. The hero’s eventual triumphal recovery after losing his leg provided youth with an example of undefeatable determination.
Zhivye i myortvye: Directed by Aleksandr Stolper. With Kirill Lavrov, Anatoliy Papanov, Aleksey Glazyrin, Oleg Efremov. Journalist Ivan Sintsov news of the treacherous attack by Nazi Germany during the catches of southern vacation.
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- Drama, War
- Aleksandr Stolper
- 1964-02-24
Aleksandr Stolper is known as an Director, Writer, and Screenplay. Some of his work includes The Alive and the Dead, Story of a Real Man, The Fourth, Retribution, Lad from Our Town, Hard Happiness, Wait for Me, and Days and Nights.
Soviet film director and screenwriter. People’s Artist of the USSR (1977). From 1923 to 1927, Stolper studied at L. V. Kuleshov’s cinema studio and worked as an actor and director. In 1927 he began working for the Mezhrabpomfil’m studio’s screenwriting department.
