Aleksandr Sokurov Movies

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

Petersburg Diary - Opening of the monument to Dostoevsky

The life and work of the great Russian composer Dmitriy Shostakovich is presented in this documentary through rare images and audios from many...

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...

A collection of six documentary films featuring various locations and cultures of the world, screened at the Musée du Quai Branly from 18-23...

Originally aired on Russian television, this five-part semi-documentary series tells the story of a Russian naval commander in charge of an...

Five years in the making, based on six lengthy interviews filmed on six different locations in Saint Petersburg, we meet an outspoken artist who...

As with so many early films by Sokurov, this film has two dates: the first is the date of its creation (the film was then banned), the second is the...

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...

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

A documentary about the famous musician Mstislav Rostropovich and his wife, Galina Vishnevskaya.

In "The Soviet Elegy" the long train of photos of the Soviet leaders, dead or alive, stops at the portrait of Yeltsin. At the time of shooting...

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

Sokurov directed and filmed Mozart’s Requiem for the Rossica Choir in the wonderful hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic.

An encounter with the great Russian film director Alexander Sokurov, which gives rise to a lot of questions about his artistic stand and the problems...

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...

The Dialogues with Solzhenitsyn is a two-part Russian television documentary by Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov on Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The...

The office of the President of Lithuania, 1990. Inside, silence reigns, contrasting to the shouting of the crowds outside the windows of the...

1945, an attack aviation regiment is based at the field airfield, which is served by a team of young girls. The last days of the war are coming... In...