Alexander Rou

For other people named Alex Rowe, see Alex Rowe (disambiguation).
This article is about the Soviet film director Alexander Rou. For the Australian runner, see Alexander Rowe (runner).
Alexander Rou (Rowe)
Born
Alexander Arturovich Rou

(1906-03-08)8 March 1906
Sergiyev Posad, Moscow, Russian Empire
Died28 December 1973(1973-12-28) (aged 67)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1934–1973

Alexander Arturovich Rou (also, Rowe, from his Irish father's name) (Russian: Александр Артурович Роу, 8 March [O.S. 23 February] 1906 – 28 December 1973) was a Soviet film director, and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1968). He directed a number of children's fantasy films, based mostly on Russian folklore, that were highly popular and often imitated in the Soviet Union.[1]

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 591–592. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.