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Portrait of Grigori Aleksandrov

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Grigori Aleksandrov

Career

Active from 1923 to 1985, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Battleship Potemkin
Battleship Potemkin
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Grigori Aleksandrov Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.1, average 5.4
  • Mystery
    1.7, average 4.0
  • Crime
    1.3, average 3.6
  • Uncanny
    1.0, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 8
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Soviet Cinema 4
  • Feel-Good 3
  • World War II 2
  • Political Commentary 2
  • Silent Film 2
  • Showbiz 2
  • Propaganda 2
  • Political 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
Volga-Volga
Volga-Volga (2006)

Original Film Writer

1980s

1 title
Lyubov Orlova
Lyubov Orlova (1985)

Writer, Director

1970s

2 titles · average score 76
¡Qué Viva México!
¡Qué Viva México! (1979)
GoodWatch score 76

Additional Writing, Editor

Starling and Lyre
Starling and Lyre (1974)

as General (uncredited)

1960s

4 titles
Ten Days That Shook the World
Ten Days That Shook the World (1967)

Script

I Don't Want to Be Filmed
I Don't Want to Be Filmed (1967)

as режиссёр Александров

Companion of the Queen
Companion of the Queen (1962)

Writer

Russian Souvenir
Russian Souvenir (1960)

Writer, Director

1950s

3 titles
Velikoye proshchaniye
Velikoye proshchaniye (1953)

Director

Martyn Borulya
Martyn Borulya (1953)

Cinematography

Man of Music
Man of Music (1952)

Director, Screenplay

1940s

16 titles · average score 58
Meeting on the Elbe
Meeting on the Elbe (1949)

Director

Spring
Spring (1947)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer, Director

Twins
Twins (1945)

Producer

Girl No. 217
Girl No. 217 (1945)

Producer

Guilty Without Guilt
Guilty Without Guilt (1945)

Producer

Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War
Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War (1944)
GoodWatch score 53

Producer

Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor
Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor (1944)

Producer

Moscow Skies
Moscow Skies (1944)

Producer

Seeds of Freedom
Seeds of Freedom (1943)

as ('Potemkin' sequence) (archive footage)

A Family
A Family (1943)

Director

The Shining Path
The Shining Path (1940)
GoodWatch score 55

Director

Time in the Sun
Time in the Sun (1940)

Director

1930s

10 titles · average score 64
Volga - Volga
Volga - Volga (1938)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Writer

Circus
Circus (1936)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer, Director

Jolly Fellows
Jolly Fellows (1934)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Writer

Death Day
Death Day (1934)

Co-Director

Internationale
Internationale (1933)

Director, Writer

Thunder Over Mexico
Thunder Over Mexico (1933)

Co-Director

The Disaster in Oaxaca
The Disaster in Oaxaca (1931)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

Sentimental Romance
Sentimental Romance (1931)
GoodWatch score 60

Director, Screenplay

Misery and Fortune of Woman
Misery and Fortune of Woman (1930)

Writer

Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty (1930)

Writer

1920s

6 titles · average score 76
The General Line
The General Line (1929)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer, Director

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928)
GoodWatch score 82

Director, Screenplay

The Girl from Distant River
The Girl from Distant River (1928)

Writer

Battleship Potemkin
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
GoodWatch score 89

as Chief Officer Giliarovsky

Strike
Strike (1925)
GoodWatch score 88

as Factory Foreman

Glumov's Diary
Glumov's Diary (1923)
GoodWatch score 53

as Glumov 2