Aleksandr Sokurov

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Aleksandr Sokurov

Russian director

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History of film
Eastern Europe and Russia
…significant figure to emerge was Aleksandr Sokurov, whose early films had been “shelved,” or prohibited from public screening, until 1987. Sokurov’s first film to be widely seen internationally was Mat’ i syn (1997; Mother and Son). In 2002 he made Russki kovcheg (Russian Ark), a 96-minute tour of the Hermitage…
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…significant figure to emerge was Aleksandr Sokurov, whose early films had been “shelved,” or prohibited from public screening, until 1987. Sokurov’s first film to be widely seen internationally was Mat’ i syn (1997; Mother and Son). In 2002 he made Russki kovcheg (Russian Ark), a 96-minute tour of the Hermitage…
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Russia
Motion pictures
In the late 1990s Aleksandr Sokurov emerged as a director of exceptional talents, gaining international acclaim for Mother and Son (1997) and Russian Ark (2002), the first feature film ever to be shot in a single take. (For further discussion, see motion picture, history of the.)
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In the late 1990s Aleksandr Sokurov emerged as a director of exceptional talents, gaining international acclaim for Mother and Son (1997) and Russian Ark (2002), the first feature film ever to be shot in a single take. (For further discussion, see motion picture, history of the.)
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