Alexandr Faintsimmer

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Alexandr Faintsimmer

Born December 31, 1906 · Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire [now Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine]

Died March 21, 1982 · aged 75

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.

Known For

The End of St. PetersburgThe End of St. Petersburg · 1927
The End of St. Petersburg
★ 6.71927
MovieDrama
Shortly before the outbreak of WWI, a peasant from rural Russia arrives in St. Petersburg to find work.
The GadflyThe Gadfly · 1955
The Gadfly
★ 5.71955
MovieDramaAction
Italy, XIX century. The country is occupied by Austrian troops, the resistance movement is actively developing. Student Arthur Burton is involved in the activities of the underground organization “Young Italy”, envies its leader, Giovanni Bolla, and is jealous of his bride Gemma. He talks about this at a confession to a priest, as a result of which gendarmes take revolutionaries under arrest...
They Have a MotherlandThey Have a Motherland · 1949
They Have a Motherland
★ 10.01949
MovieDrama
The Great Patriotic War is over, but Major Sorokin and Colonel Dobrygin still have a lot to do for their homeland. They must go to West Germany in order to find and return the children who were taken out of the Soviet Union by the Nazis and are now kept in atrocious conditions under the supervision of British intelligence. Former allies want to grow real spies out of their children.
The Sleeping LionThe Sleeping Lion · 1965
The Sleeping Lion
★ 7.01965
MovieComedy
After a shy bank employee helps to catch two robbers he becomes a totally different person.
The Tavern on PyatnitskayaThe Tavern on Pyatnitskaya · 1978
The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya
★ 6.41978
MovieAdventureMystery
A tavern on Pyatnitskaya street is a meeting place for all kind of criminals. The only way for police to infiltrate the criminals is to send an undercover agent to the tavern.
No Margin for ErrorNo Margin for Error · 1975
No Margin for Error
★ 6.51975
MovieDramaCrime
A criminal story which happened in a small Russian town.
Fifty-FiftyFifty-Fifty · 1972
Fifty-Fifty
★ 7.51972
MovieMysteryAdventure
A Soviet KGB agents are trying to prevent British-American operation of stealing information about an important scientific project from USSR.
The "Artist's" Last TourThe "Artist's" Last Tour · 1980
The "Artist's" Last Tour
★ 8.01980
MovieCrimeThriller
The militia is looking for a dangerous repeat offender, Sobol, also known as "Artist," who's known to be linked to a fugitive from a penal colony and is preparing to attack a cash conveyor.

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