Portrait of Aleksandr Khvan

Directing

Aleksandr Khvan

Career

Active from 1980 to 2025, busiest in 2013 and 2014 with 3 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Arrival of a Train
The Arrival of a Train
GoodWatch score61/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Aleksandr Khvan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Satire & Parody
    1.1, average 2.3
  • Contemporary Realism
    4.2, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    1.3, average 2.5
  • Mystery
    2.9, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 7
  • Russian Cinema 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Moral Dilemmas 3
  • Mystery 2
  • Russian Crime Drama 2
  • Slice of Life 2
  • Family Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles Β· average score 63
Crickets, It's Your Turn
Crickets, It's Your Turn (2025)

as Sergey

Silver Wolf
Silver Wolf (2022)

TV show Β· as Nikolai Georgievich

Land of Legends
Land of Legends (2022)
GoodWatch score 63

as Pam

2010s

14 titles
Zorge
Zorge (2019)

TV show

Caviar
Caviar (2018)

TV show Β· as attache of Vietnam / minister of Vietnam

Beyond Death
Beyond Death (2018)

TV show Β· as Nakamura

Together With Faith
Together With Faith (2018)

Director

Son
Son (2017)

as Song

Life Without Vera
Life Without Vera (2016)

as dean

Half a Kingdom for Love
Half a Kingdom for Love (2014)

Director

Stronger Than Fate
Stronger Than Fate (2014)

TV show Β· as Petrovich

Blood With Milk
Blood With Milk (2014)

Director

Myrtle Ordinary
Myrtle Ordinary (2013)

TV show Β· as passer-by

Piranhas
Piranhas (2011)

TV show

Voices
Voices (2010)

TV show Β· Director

2000s

8 titles Β· average score 59
Proposed Circumstances
Proposed Circumstances (2009)

TV show Β· as director

Dumplings with Cherries
Dumplings with Cherries (2008)

Director

Guide
Guide (2007)

Director

Piter FM
Piter FM (2006)
GoodWatch score 71

as janitor

Tale of Happiness
Tale of Happiness (2005)

TV show Β· as Fayzo

Children of Arbat
Children of Arbat (2004)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show Β· as Π‘Π΅Ρ€Π΅Π·ΠΈΠ½

Carmen
Carmen (2003)
GoodWatch score 48

Director

Fatalists
Fatalists (2001)

TV show Β· as asian

1990s

9 titles Β· average score 61
It Is Easy to Die
It Is Easy to Die (1999)

Director

Good Stuff, Bad Stuff
Good Stuff, Bad Stuff (1998)

Director, Screenplay

Strange Time
Strange Time (1997)

as Sasha's friend

The Arrival of a Train
The Arrival of a Train (1996)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay, Director

Pilots Scientific Section
Pilots Scientific Section (1996)

as Khudozhnik

Gisele's Mania
Gisele's Mania (1995)

as chinese

Dyuba-Dyuba
Dyuba-Dyuba (1992)

Director, Original Music Composer

An Outrageous Woman
An Outrageous Woman (1992)

Screenplay

Dominus
Dominus (1990)

Director

1980s

2 titles Β· average score 71
Carnival
Carnival (1982)
GoodWatch score 71

Second Assistant Director

Cord
Cord (1980)

Director