Aleksandr Zarkhi

Aleksandr Zarkhi
Born
Aleksandr Grigoryevich Zarkhi

(1908-02-18)18 February 1908
Died27 January 1997(1997-01-27) (aged 88)
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1928–1986

Aleksandr Grigoryevich Zarkhi (Russian: Александр Григорьевич Зархи; 18 February 1908 – 27 January 1997) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Hero of Socialist Labour (1978).[1]

His film Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival in 1981.[2]

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 752–753. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  2. ^ "Berlinale 1981: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 29 August 2010.