Aleksandr Sokurov Movies

The story about the life of Shaliapin’s family, and an emotional generalization of the life of people in modern Leningrad.

Famous actors and ordinary people from all walks of life read stories from a book describing the 900-day siege of Leningrad during World War II.

The film is dedicated to the life and work of the Russian director, who deservedly received worldwide recognition due to his incredible talent

A surreal journey of a displaced spirit as he wanders in the interminable darkness through the temporal landscape of a quaint and isolated feudal-era...

The film is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

A young man was born in a small Russian city, but now lives in the Caucasus, in a foreign culture. He works as a mountain guide and enjoys life, but...

The story of VGIK teachers and students about the acting profession.

The life stories of two elderly women living in a remote region of Kurdish Iraq.

The film tells the story of a teenager Kolya, who, after the death of his mother, finds himself in the village with his grandmother. There they are...

A montage of Leningrad newsreel becomes a composite collage made up of documents-shots, divided in 16 parts, presenting the author's point of view on...

Petersburg Diary - Opening of the monument to Dostoevsky

A requiem for a Russian peasant woman, Maria Semionovna Voinova. The film is in two chapters. The first chapter consists of an impression of Maria...

The painting tells about the difficult process of rehearsals under the guidance of a conductor.

These images and sounds are poetic metaphors that transform “Elegy from Russia” into a document that provides a...

Documentary film from the set of Igor Olshansky’s debut short film “Easter”. Igor Olshansky is a participant of Alexander...

The manifestation and fireworks on the 1st of May, one of the ritual celebrations of Soviet times, as a gathering of tired participants of a mass...

The picture is about the anti-Hitler coalition of the USSR, England and America, which developed as a counterweight to the aggressive policy of Nazi...

This film was created by Sokurov before or during his VGIK student years for the regional TV of Gorki. He does not consider it a part of his...