Grigori Aleksandrov

Soviet film director (1903-1983)

1.33body-of-work score · ranked #709 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
January 10, 1903 · Yekaterinburg
Died
December 16, 1983 · Moscow
Nationality
Russian Empire, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Soviet Union
Work
film director, actor, screenwriter, university teacher
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Grigori Aleksandrov
Grigory Aleksanodrov · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Composer GlinkaКомпозитор Глинка

    1952 · Soviet Union · drama, biography

    Locarno Golden Leopard winner 1953

    0.751 citation
  2. 2
    The General LineСтарое и новое

    1929 · Soviet Union · silent, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1931 #6 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.472 citations
  3. 3

    1927 · Soviet Union · silent, drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 20 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1927October: Ten Days That Shook the World
  • 1929The General Line
  • 1930Sentimental Romance
  • 1930Women's Misery - Women's Happiness
  • 1932¡Que viva México!
  • 1934Jolly Fellows
  • 1936Circus
  • 1938Volga-Volga
  • 1940Tanya
  • 1940Time in the Sun
  • 1941Combat Film Collection No. 4
  • 1943A Family
  • 1944Каспийцы
  • 1947Springtime
  • 1949Encounter at the Elbe
  • 1952Composer Glinka
  • 1953Great Mourning
  • 1960Russian Souvenir
  • 1965Ленин в Швейцарии
  • 1974Skvorets i Lira