Directing

Aleksandr Levshin

Born March 1, 1899 · Tambov district, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire

Died November 1, 1982 · aged 83

No biography available.

Known For

StrikeStrike · 1925
Strike
★ 7.41925
MovieDrama
Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.
Battleship PotemkinBattleship Potemkin · 1925
Battleship Potemkin
★ 7.61925
MovieDramaHistory
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.
Golden ApplesGolden Apples · 1955
Golden Apples
1955
MovieFamily
Early 50s. Frosts, unusual for the Black Sea coast, scathered orange trees used for breeding new varieties at the experimental botanical station. There is only one specimen left, and there is nothing to pollinate it with.
A Noisy HouseholdA Noisy Household · 1946
A Noisy Household
★ 5.91946
MovieWarComedy
A comedy about an army squad guarding the fake airport during WWII.
The Variegateds CaseThe Variegateds Case · 1958
The Variegateds Case
★ 5.71958
MovieMysteryCrime
Sergey's girlfriend desperately wants him to quit dangerous police job. But Sergey doesn't want to abandon his new case which proves to be quite difficult.
CrueltyCruelty · 1959
Cruelty
★ 4.81959
MovieDramaCrime
The first years of Soviet power in East Siberia. Malyshev ,deputy chief of Criminal Investigation Department, a Komsomol member, wins over to the Soviet power a former field-hand and now a bandit Lazar Baukin, and the latter tells him about Vorontsov, the gang leader. Malyshev guarantees Baukin’s freedom. However the chief arrests him in order to reap laurels of catching the gang leader. Malyshev is in despair - he has brought under execution the man who has fully trusted him. The situation gets worse due to his personal drama and Malyshev commits suicide.
ZhambylZhambyl · 1953
Zhambyl
★ 8.01953
MovieDrama
The film tells about the life and work of the famous singer of the Kazakh people akyn Dzhambul Dzhabayev.
AnnaAnna · 1936
Anna
★ 5.41936
MovieDramaCrime
Yasha, who likes Anna, accomodates siberian Pavel Kuganov, which later becomes a class-conscious worker in a factory. Anna refuses Yasha's offer of marriage and he therefore runs off to Siberia. After Pavel is hailed as a hero because he survives a fire accident in factory (which is in fact effect of his sabotage), Anna marries him. Pavel then becomes a reckless communist careerist, but only on surface. In fact, he is a traitor of the country and a spy, and gives Anna's party ID card to anti-communist movement. In spite of that, Anna is expelled from the communist party. Yasha returns from Siberia, only to find her love Anna desperate. They reveal the truth about Pavel (that he is a kulak who killed a kolchoz co-op leader), which means an end for Pavel.

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AnnaAnna · 1936
Anna
★ 5.41936
MovieDramaCrime
Yasha, who likes Anna, accomodates siberian Pavel Kuganov, which later becomes a class-conscious worker in a factory. Anna refuses Yasha's offer of marriage and he therefore runs off to Siberia. After Pavel is hailed as a hero because he survives a fire accident in factory (which is in fact effect of his sabotage), Anna marries him. Pavel then becomes a reckless communist careerist, but only on surface. In fact, he is a traitor of the country and a spy, and gives Anna's party ID card to anti-communist movement. In spite of that, Anna is expelled from the communist party. Yasha returns from Siberia, only to find her love Anna desperate. They reveal the truth about Pavel (that he is a kulak who killed a kolchoz co-op leader), which means an end for Pavel.

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