Directing

Alexander Hahn

Born

1967-03-23 (59)

Place of birth

Riga, Latvia

Known for

Directing

Credits

37 titles

Alexander Hahn was born on March 23, 1967 in Riga, Latvia (former USSR), to Olga Hahn, a textile specialist, and Waldemar Hahn, an X-ray engineer, tank commander, wrestling champion of the Soviet Army and passive dissident. Alexander left the Soviet Union together with his parents and his big family - ice-hockey trainer Georg Hahn (uncle), fish selling dancing queen Paula Hahn (grandmother), asthmatic railroad gardener Erwin Hahn (grandfather) and one-toothed Miriamija Zaikina (great-grandmother) - when he was 10 years old. He grew up in Bavaria, Germany. Alexander attended a language school in Munich for a year. One day, while he was traveling to the language school, he saw a movie being ma…

Known for

Midsummer Madness poster
5.7

St. John’s Night is a traditional Latvian midsummer celebration where family and friends get together to build bonfires, drink and have a good time. According to a legend, on this night lovers and those who wish to fall in love can search the woods for the "magic fern".

Midsummer Madness

2007

Schön, dass es Dich gibt poster
5.5

Jackies' quiet life as a housewife and English teacher ends abruptly when her husband informs her that he is leaving her for a younger woman. In a quest for revenge, Jackie makes arrangements with a plastic surgeon for a general overhaul with the goal of landing a younger husband. A newspaper leads her to Peter who is as bored by his insurance job as he is by the young women he has been dating. Written by John W. Wrist

Schön, dass es Dich gibt

2005

Coffeehouse Mysteries poster
NR

Varying characters in historical and local transformations recount cheerful mystical stories of the city where death found its home. It is about primal human fears and the desire for love, security and loneliness.

Coffeehouse Mysteries

—

The Last Soviet Movie poster
6.6

A parody of Soviet action films about an author from Brooklyn following in the footsteps of his ancestors, who played a key role in the Bolshevik coup.

The Last Soviet Movie

2003

Far Away from St. Petersburg poster
8.2

Iwan Rabcynski, born in St. Petersburg (Florida), writes Russian melodramas under the pseudonym "John F. Romanoff. He gets his inspiration in Brooklyn, his chosen home. His new novel, which is meant to be autobiographical, begins with his Russian great grandfather in St. Petersburg in 1882 and follows three generations as they survive the country's political upheavals.

Far Away from St. Petersburg

1993

Monsieur Taurins poster
8.0

An unemployed Latvian gets a job as an agent finding a house in France.

Monsieur Taurins

2011

Film credits

Behind the camera

Midsummer Madness poster
5.7

St. John’s Night is a traditional Latvian midsummer celebration where family and friends get together to build bonfires, drink and have a good time. According to a legend, on this night lovers and those who wish to fall in love can search the woods for the "magic fern".

Midsummer Madness

2007

Midsummer Madness poster
5.7

St. John’s Night is a traditional Latvian midsummer celebration where family and friends get together to build bonfires, drink and have a good time. According to a legend, on this night lovers and those who wish to fall in love can search the woods for the "magic fern".

Midsummer Madness

2007

Schön, dass es Dich gibt poster
5.5

Jackies' quiet life as a housewife and English teacher ends abruptly when her husband informs her that he is leaving her for a younger woman. In a quest for revenge, Jackie makes arrangements with a plastic surgeon for a general overhaul with the goal of landing a younger husband. A newspaper leads her to Peter who is as bored by his insurance job as he is by the young women he has been dating. Written by John W. Wrist

Schön, dass es Dich gibt

2005

Coffeehouse Mysteries poster
NR

Varying characters in historical and local transformations recount cheerful mystical stories of the city where death found its home. It is about primal human fears and the desire for love, security and loneliness.

Coffeehouse Mysteries

—

Coffeehouse Mysteries poster
NR

Varying characters in historical and local transformations recount cheerful mystical stories of the city where death found its home. It is about primal human fears and the desire for love, security and loneliness.

Coffeehouse Mysteries

—

Coffeehouse Mysteries poster
NR

Varying characters in historical and local transformations recount cheerful mystical stories of the city where death found its home. It is about primal human fears and the desire for love, security and loneliness.

Coffeehouse Mysteries

—

The Last Soviet Movie poster
6.6

A parody of Soviet action films about an author from Brooklyn following in the footsteps of his ancestors, who played a key role in the Bolshevik coup.

The Last Soviet Movie

2003

The Last Soviet Movie poster
6.6

A parody of Soviet action films about an author from Brooklyn following in the footsteps of his ancestors, who played a key role in the Bolshevik coup.

The Last Soviet Movie

2003

The Last Soviet Movie poster
6.6

A parody of Soviet action films about an author from Brooklyn following in the footsteps of his ancestors, who played a key role in the Bolshevik coup.

The Last Soviet Movie

2003

Far Away from St. Petersburg poster
8.2

Iwan Rabcynski, born in St. Petersburg (Florida), writes Russian melodramas under the pseudonym "John F. Romanoff. He gets his inspiration in Brooklyn, his chosen home. His new novel, which is meant to be autobiographical, begins with his Russian great grandfather in St. Petersburg in 1882 and follows three generations as they survive the country's political upheavals.

Far Away from St. Petersburg

1993

Monsieur Taurins poster
8.0

An unemployed Latvian gets a job as an agent finding a house in France.

Monsieur Taurins

2011

Monsieur Taurins poster
8.0

An unemployed Latvian gets a job as an agent finding a house in France.

Monsieur Taurins

2011

Taurins Senior poster
8.5

Gunars Taurins has become a dad-sitter in Latvia. He wants to return to France as soon as possible once he has found a caregiver for his father. But it's not that easy and Gunars has to stay in Riga whether he likes it or not.

Taurins Senior

2023

Taurins Senior poster
8.5

Gunars Taurins has become a dad-sitter in Latvia. He wants to return to France as soon as possible once he has found a caregiver for his father. But it's not that easy and Gunars has to stay in Riga whether he likes it or not.

Taurins Senior

2023

Taurins Senior poster
8.5

Gunars Taurins has become a dad-sitter in Latvia. He wants to return to France as soon as possible once he has found a caregiver for his father. But it's not that easy and Gunars has to stay in Riga whether he likes it or not.

Taurins Senior

2023

Moving Vast Amounts Of Water To A Barren Place poster
NR

Short film.

Moving Vast Amounts Of Water To A Barren Place

2004

No artwork available
8.0

Dominik has been terrified by dentists since his childhood. So Helga, his fiance, rents a flat which was formerly a dental surgery. Their new landlord, Barbara, is a dentist and she runs her surgery next door. Helga persuades Dominik to move into the flat. For her a dream comes true but for Dominik a nightmare begins.

Zahn um Zahn

1993

No artwork available
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Gas Monopoly

2011

No artwork available
NR

State of being deals with the psychopharmaceutical sector of science. It encompasses aspects of pagan practices and magical rituals, systematic pharmacology and pretentious claims in advertising "e.g. Measurable peace of mind". The narrative describes a case of unexpected latent longterm side-effects commonly known as "Lemming syndrome".

State of Being

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The Outer Plant poster
NR

Short film.

The Outer Plant

1984

Indocam poster
NR

A travelogue about India. But it is more than a video about a foreign place. We follow the director's itinerary and witness his chance encounters with people and also public events, some of which continue to shape India's politics today.

Indocam

2022

Indocam poster
NR

A travelogue about India. But it is more than a video about a foreign place. We follow the director's itinerary and witness his chance encounters with people and also public events, some of which continue to shape India's politics today.

Indocam

2022

Indocam poster
NR

A travelogue about India. But it is more than a video about a foreign place. We follow the director's itinerary and witness his chance encounters with people and also public events, some of which continue to shape India's politics today.

Indocam

2022

Viewers Of Optics poster
NR

Short film by Alexander Hahn.

Viewers Of Optics

1987

Random Frequencies #1 poster
NR

Short film.

Random Frequencies #1

1982

Dirt Site poster
NR

Short film.

Dirt Site

1990

No artwork available
8.0

In this short film directed in the style of Andrei Tarkovsky, eternity and the downfall of the Soviet empire are explored in a deeply symbolic and poetic way. The film follows a protagonist as they traverse a desolate landscape, reflecting on the transient nature of life and the inevitability of death. Through a series of dreamlike sequences, the audience is presented with a powerful meditation on the idea of eternity, and how it can be seen in the rise and fall of empires. The film culminates in a powerful scene of the protagonist standing atop a hill, looking out at the ruins of the Soviet empire, and contemplating the eternal cycle of life and death.

Éternité

2023

No artwork available
8.0

In this short film directed in the style of Andrei Tarkovsky, eternity and the downfall of the Soviet empire are explored in a deeply symbolic and poetic way. The film follows a protagonist as they traverse a desolate landscape, reflecting on the transient nature of life and the inevitability of death. Through a series of dreamlike sequences, the audience is presented with a powerful meditation on the idea of eternity, and how it can be seen in the rise and fall of empires. The film culminates in a powerful scene of the protagonist standing atop a hill, looking out at the ruins of the Soviet empire, and contemplating the eternal cycle of life and death.

Éternité

2023

No artwork available
8.0

In this short film directed in the style of Andrei Tarkovsky, eternity and the downfall of the Soviet empire are explored in a deeply symbolic and poetic way. The film follows a protagonist as they traverse a desolate landscape, reflecting on the transient nature of life and the inevitability of death. Through a series of dreamlike sequences, the audience is presented with a powerful meditation on the idea of eternity, and how it can be seen in the rise and fall of empires. The film culminates in a powerful scene of the protagonist standing atop a hill, looking out at the ruins of the Soviet empire, and contemplating the eternal cycle of life and death.

Éternité

2023

Random Frequencies #2 poster
NR

Short film.

Random Frequencies #2

1982

No artwork available
10.0

A black comedy about the possibilities of donating life. Some donate their kidneys, others donate sperm. Ultimately, everyone wants to die with a clear conscience, for no one wants to live with it.

Morula

1994

The Atheist poster
8.0

Toni, the former theology student from former Yugoslavia, lives in Germany now, he loves the Dutch and Amsterdam and he is a big fan of the mayor of Venice, "because he likes Nitsche." He is not gay but he supports homosexuals "because Wittgenstein was gay." Toni is waiting for a German passport in order to leave Germany and find work in Amsterdam.

The Atheist

2018

Aviation Memories poster
NR

Short film.

Aviation Memories

1986

Marching Gaily poster
4.8

Summer 1999, in the center of Vienna: two very distinct parades took place simultaneously on the same street. One was a policemen's parade; the other a celebration of gay pride. Because the policemen didn't want to march hand in hand with the Gay Movement, a typical Austrain solution was found: while the gays marched clockwise, the policemen marched counter-clockwise.

Marching Gaily

2001