Aleksandr Rou

Aleksandr Rou

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

24/02/1906

Day of Death

28/12/1973
(67) years old

Place of Birth

Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

Biography

Aleksandr Rou is widely remembered as the “Soviet Walt Disney,” a filmmaker whose fairy-tale movies became cultural touchstones across the Eastern Bloc. Specializing in magical adventures drawn from Russian folklore, Rou crafted films filled with enchanted forests, witches and heroes. His imaginativ... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2006

Land of Rou the Magician

as Himself (archive footage)

2004

Fairytale Director Aleksandr Rou

as Himself (archive footage)

1940

Our Cinema

as (archive footage)

Crew

2010

Father Frost

as Novel

1973

Golden Horns

as Director

1973

Golden Horns

as Writer

1965

Father Frost

as Director

1961

Cinderella

as Director

1956

Precious Gift

as Director

1944

Kashchey the Immortal

as Director

1941

The Humpbacked Horse

as Director

1938

Wish upon a Pike

as Director

1937

The Lonely White Sail

as Assistant Director

1937

Without Dowry

as First Assistant Director

1936

On the Strangeness of Love

as First Assistant Director