Aleksandr Sokurov

Aleksandr Sokurov

Directing

Born June 14, 1951 · village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)

68 films as director · Active 1974–2025

Aleksandr Sokurov (born June 14, 1951) is a Russian director of avant-garde and independent films that have won him international acclaim. Described as a heir to Tarkovsky, spare, gloomy and contempl…

Known for

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

2011

Russian Ark

Russian Ark

2002

Voice of Sokurov

Voice of Sokurov

2014

Director's Diary

Director's Diary

2025

Naum. Predictions

Naum. Predictions

2026

Agnès Varda: From Here to There

Agnès Varda: From Here to There

2011

An Example of Intonation

An Example of Intonation

1991

Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema

Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema

2008

Directed(68)

Director's Diary

2025Director's Diary

Fairytale

2022Fairytale★ 6.8

Go. Go. Go

Francofonia

2015Francofonia★ 6.5

Faust

2011Faust★ 6.6

We Need Happiness

2010We Need Happiness

2010Intonation. Arsen Kanokov

2010Intonation. Sergey Slonimsky

2010Intonation. Valery Zorkin

2010Intonation. Boris Averin★ 3.0

2010Intonation. Vladimir Yakunin

2010Intonation. Yuri Schmidt

2010The Ways of the World: Vol. 1

Reading Book of Blockade

2009Reading Book of Blockade★ 4.5

Elegy of a Voyage

2009Elegy of a Voyage★ 7.4

Rehearsal: Yuri Temirkanov

2008Rehearsal: Yuri Temirkanov

Alexandra

2007Alexandra★ 6.1

The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion

2007The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion

Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya

2006Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya★ 6.9

The Sun

2005The Sun★ 6.7

The Diary of St. Petersburg: Mozart. Requiem

2004The Diary of St. Petersburg: Mozart. Requiem★ 8.0

Father and Son

2003Father and Son★ 5.6

Russian Ark

2002Russian Ark★ 7.2

Taurus

2001Taurus★ 5.8

Dolce

2000Dolce★ 6.5

Moloch

1999Moloch★ 6.2

The Knot

1998The Knot★ 7.3

1998Petersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment

The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat

1998The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat

Mother and Son

1997Mother and Son★ 6.6

A Humble Life

1997A Humble Life★ 6.5

Robert. A Fortunate Life

1997Robert. A Fortunate Life★ 6.3

1997Documenta X - Die Filme★ 10.0

The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky

1997The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky

Oriental Elegy

1996Oriental Elegy★ 6.2

Celebrate Cinema 101

1996Celebrate Cinema 101

Spiritual Voices

1995Spiritual Voices★ 6.0

A Soldier's Dream

1995A Soldier's Dream★ 4.5

Whispering Pages

1994Whispering Pages★ 6.1

Elegy from Russia

1993Elegy from Russia★ 6.3

Stone

1992Stone★ 5.1

1991An Example of Intonation★ 8.0

The Second Circle

1990The Second Circle★ 6.4

Save and Protect

1990Save and Protect★ 5.0

Leningrad Retrospective

1990Leningrad Retrospective★ 4.8

Simple Elegy

1990Simple Elegy★ 6.0

To the Events in Transcaucasia

1990To the Events in Transcaucasia

Soviet Elegy

1989Soviet Elegy★ 5.2

Petersburg Elegy

1989Petersburg Elegy★ 6.0

1989Sonata for Hitler★ 5.0

Days of Eclipse

1988Days of Eclipse★ 5.7

Maria

1988Maria★ 5.9

Mournful Unconcern

1987Mournful Unconcern★ 4.5

Moscow Elegy

1987Moscow Elegy★ 6.3

The Lonely Voice of Man

1987The Lonely Voice of Man★ 5.6

Empire

1987Empire★ 5.0

The Evening Sacrifice

1987The Evening Sacrifice★ 4.4

And Nothing More

1987And Nothing More★ 5.2

Elegy

1986Elegy★ 6.3

Patience Labour

1985Patience Labour★ 4.0

Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola

1981Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola★ 5.4

The Degraded

1980The Degraded★ 6.3

Last Day of a Rainy Summer

1979Last Day of a Rainy Summer★ 3.0

Callsign R1NN

1975Callsign R1NN★ 4.5

1975Summer of Maria Voynova

The Automobile Gains in Reliability

1974The Automobile Gains in Reliability★ 6.0

1974The Earthliest of Concerns★ 6.5

Acting(40)

2026Naum. Predictionsself

2025Director's DiarySelf

2019Voices in the Old Walls

2015Francofonia(voice)

2014Voice of SokurovHimself

2013The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the CzarsHimself - Filmmaker

2013Film about the filmhimself

2012Alexander Sokurov. Temptation

2011Agnès Varda: From Here to ThereSelf

2011Agnès Varda: From Here to ThereSelf

2011The Story of Film: An OdysseySelf

2010We Need HappinessNarrator (voice)

2010Matussek trifftSelf

2009The Art of TimeSelf

2009Elegy of a VoyageThe Traveler (uncredited)

2008Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall treeSelf

2008Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinemaHimself

2006Sokurovhimself

2006Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, VishnevskayaHimself

2003In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian ArkHimself

2003Islands. Alexander Sokurov

2002Russian ArkThe Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)

1998The KnotSelf

1998Petersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartmentрассказчик, озвучка, в титрах не указан

1998The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat

1997The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky(voice)

1997Robert. A Fortunate LifeNarrator

1997Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov

1996Oriental ElegyNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

1995A Soldier's Dream

1991An Example of IntonationSelf

1990Simple Elegy

1990Leningrad Retrospective

1989Soviet ElegyNarrator (voice)

1989Petersburg ElegyNarrator

1987Moscow ElegyNarrator (voice)

1987And Nothing Morenarrator (voice)

1981You Should Survive

1979VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession

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