
Writing
Aleksandr Kurs
Born — Died
1892-03-02 — 1937-12-30
Place of birth
Grodno, Russian Empire [now Hrodna, Belarus]
Known for
Writing
Credits
4 titles
Soviet journalist, playwright, and screenwriter. He was executed in 1937 during the Great Purge.
Known for
NRThe tale of the formidable king Durandai, who decided to marry the beautiful Queen Tetyokha, about the blacksmith Sila and the blind girl Talani
Tsar Durandai
1934
7.0Cat Catovich and his friends teach a lesson to the treacherous fox, who goes after the collar of the cat's wife.
Cat Catovich
1937
6.2Khokhlova, a young female Moscow reporter, falls in love with factory manager Petrovsky. To her he's the epitome of manliness–virile, decisive, strong-minded. Conversely, she rejects the sensitive, diffident editor Vasilchikov, who's in love with her, as unmanly. Her infatuation affects her work, and she is fired.
Your Friend
1927
5.2The Great Consoler is Lev Kuleshov’s most personal film reflecting both the facts of his life and his thoughts about the place of the artist in contemporary reality. It was the only film in the Soviet cinema of those years that raised the question of what role a creative person played in society.
The Great Consoler
1933
Behind the camera
NRThe tale of the formidable king Durandai, who decided to marry the beautiful Queen Tetyokha, about the blacksmith Sila and the blind girl Talani
Tsar Durandai
1934
7.0Cat Catovich and his friends teach a lesson to the treacherous fox, who goes after the collar of the cat's wife.
Cat Catovich
1937
6.2Khokhlova, a young female Moscow reporter, falls in love with factory manager Petrovsky. To her he's the epitome of manliness–virile, decisive, strong-minded. Conversely, she rejects the sensitive, diffident editor Vasilchikov, who's in love with her, as unmanly. Her infatuation affects her work, and she is fired.
Your Friend
1927
5.2The Great Consoler is Lev Kuleshov’s most personal film reflecting both the facts of his life and his thoughts about the place of the artist in contemporary reality. It was the only film in the Soviet cinema of those years that raised the question of what role a creative person played in society.
The Great Consoler
1933
