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Aleksandr Mikhailovich Faintsimmer (Feinzimmer, Russian: Александр Михайлович Файнциммер; 31 December 1906 – 21 March 1982) was a Soviet film director. He has been cited as a filmmaker on the forefront of Russian language social thriller. His son Leonid Kvinikhidze was also a film director. Filmography
Jan 25, 2017 · Voynich’s novel was bolstered further by a 1955 Sovcolor film adaptation directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer. It sold 39 million tickets and featured Shostakovich’s score, which became celebrated...
Aleksandr Faintsimmer was born on 31 December 1906 in Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire [now Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine]. He was a director and assistant director, known for The Secret Brigade (1949), U nikh est Rodina (1950) and Schaste (1935). He died on 21 March 1982 in USSR [now Russia].
- Aleksandr Faintsimmer
- March 21, 1982
- December 31, 1906
Lieutenant Kijé (Russian: Поручик Киже, romanized: Poruchik Kizhe) is a 1934 Soviet comedy film directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer and promoted by Boris Gusman, based on the novella "Lieutenant Kijé" by Yury Tynyanov. The film was released in the United States as The Czar Wants to Sleep.
Men of the Sea also known as Baltic Sailors (Russian: Балтийцы, romanized: Baltiytsy) is a 1938 Soviet war film directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer. The film is about the Bolshevik Kronstadt sailors' 1919 defense of Petrograd from the White Army during the Russian Civil War .
Alexandr Faintsimmer is known as an Director and Second Assistant Director. Some of his work includes The End of St. Petersburg, Lieutenant Kizhe, The Gadfly, The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya, A Girl with Guitar, Kotovsky, Naval Battalion, and No Margin for Error.
The Czar Wants to Sleep: Directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer. With Mikhail Yanshin, Boris Gorin-Goryainov, Nina Shaternikova, Sofiya Magarill. A sarcastic comedy about the Imperial Russian bureaucracy, based on the eponymous novella by Yuri Tynyanov.
