Aleksandr Baranov

Directing

Aleksandr Baranov

Born

1955-03-20 (71)

Place of birth

Alma-Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Known for

Directing

Credits

19 titles

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Baranov (Kazakh: Александр Николаевич Баранов; born March 20, 1955; Alma-Ata) is a Soviet, Kazakh and Russian film director, screenwriter and producer. In 1985 he graduated from the script Department of the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov. In 1985, he acted as a screenwriter for the film "Who are you, Horseman?". For the newsreel, Yeralash created 3 plots. His first directorial work was "Three" (1988) in collaboration with Bakhyt Kilibayev. The film was awarded four grand Prix of the festivals "Debut", "Youth" and "Constellation" (for best acting and acting ensemble). One of the authors of the script of the film "Needle" (1988)…

Known for

Six Degrees of Celebration 2 poster
6.6

Everything goes wrong for several people based in different Russian cities on New Year's eve. To fix their problems, they have to do a lot within just a few hours. Find rent money for an apartment. Win 8-years-old daughter’s confidence. Recover from amnesia. Find a way to be with a boyfriend against Dad’s will. Climb the city's main New Year's tree in a dragon costume to prove your love for your fiancé. Conquer a pop diva`s heart. Save a plane from a crash. And even find your youth sweetheart 40 years later.

Six Degrees of Celebration 2

2011

The Needle poster
6.8

Moro returns to Alma-Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He decides to help her kick the habit and to fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition.

The Needle

1989

Who Are You, Horseman? poster
9.0

An English company is developing a gold deposit. Its representative, Allan Kane, is trying to hide some of the gold and take it abroad. In pursuit of the golden caravan, an unthinkable deadly battle unfolds.

Who Are You, Horseman?

1987

The Needle Remix poster
5.1

Remix of the 1988 cult movie "The Needle": Moro returns to Alma Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina, and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He decides to help her kick the habit and to fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition. But Moro finds a deadly opponent in "the doctor," the mafia kingpin who is exploiting Dina.

The Needle Remix

2010

The Paratroopers poster
5.5

Young guys from different social strata, some of whom have a criminal past, are called up to the airborne troops. Sergeant Alexey Burov (Alexey Serebryakov) was appointed commander of a platoon of recruits. It is he who instills in inexperienced "sons" the skills of hand-to-hand combat, mutual assistance and army savvy in the ongoing exercises. And now the day of baptism of fire has come. A unit of paratroopers receives an order to help border guards neutralize a large gang of drug traffickers trying to illegally cross the border...

The Paratroopers

1998

Mite poster
7.0

Police captain Adil Akhtanov, nicknamed the Tick, is suspected of murder — these are the evidence and testimony of the defendant in the next case, which was led by the captain. Nevertheless, Akhtanov's immediate boss instructs him to conduct an unofficial investigation into the death of traffic police officers. Tick takes up a new case — and very soon passes sentence to his boss, the head of the mafia...

Mite

1990

Behind the camera

Six Degrees of Celebration 2 poster
6.6

Everything goes wrong for several people based in different Russian cities on New Year's eve. To fix their problems, they have to do a lot within just a few hours. Find rent money for an apartment. Win 8-years-old daughter’s confidence. Recover from amnesia. Find a way to be with a boyfriend against Dad’s will. Climb the city's main New Year's tree in a dragon costume to prove your love for your fiancé. Conquer a pop diva`s heart. Save a plane from a crash. And even find your youth sweetheart 40 years later.

Six Degrees of Celebration 2

2011

The Needle poster
6.8

Moro returns to Alma-Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He decides to help her kick the habit and to fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition.

The Needle

1989

Who Are You, Horseman? poster
9.0

An English company is developing a gold deposit. Its representative, Allan Kane, is trying to hide some of the gold and take it abroad. In pursuit of the golden caravan, an unthinkable deadly battle unfolds.

Who Are You, Horseman?

1987

The Needle Remix poster
5.1

Remix of the 1988 cult movie "The Needle": Moro returns to Alma Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina, and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He decides to help her kick the habit and to fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition. But Moro finds a deadly opponent in "the doctor," the mafia kingpin who is exploiting Dina.

The Needle Remix

2010

The Paratroopers poster
5.5

Young guys from different social strata, some of whom have a criminal past, are called up to the airborne troops. Sergeant Alexey Burov (Alexey Serebryakov) was appointed commander of a platoon of recruits. It is he who instills in inexperienced "sons" the skills of hand-to-hand combat, mutual assistance and army savvy in the ongoing exercises. And now the day of baptism of fire has come. A unit of paratroopers receives an order to help border guards neutralize a large gang of drug traffickers trying to illegally cross the border...

The Paratroopers

1998

Mite poster
7.0

Police captain Adil Akhtanov, nicknamed the Tick, is suspected of murder — these are the evidence and testimony of the defendant in the next case, which was led by the captain. Nevertheless, Akhtanov's immediate boss instructs him to conduct an unofficial investigation into the death of traffic police officers. Tick takes up a new case — and very soon passes sentence to his boss, the head of the mafia...

Mite

1990

Woman of the Day poster
7.0

Late USSR, Almaty, polygamy, freedom and conventionality of life

Woman of the Day

1990

Woman of the Day poster
7.0

Late USSR, Almaty, polygamy, freedom and conventionality of life

Woman of the Day

1990

Abai poster
10.0

An epic drama about the life, love and creativity of the Kazakh poet Abai (1845-1904), an educator, thinker and politician of the 19th century.

Abai

1995

No artwork available
NR

How difficult it is for a person to find his true face, his own "I." The protagonist of the film is Karim, a person of a poetic leaning, who, finding himself with a friend at a half-abandoned radon mine, begins with despair to feel that the life he had led in the city is pushing him to the brink of suicide. This thought is heard in his verses. The days spent at the springs, with surrounding nature, sharply change his mood. He is at a crossroads. How his fate will unravel is anyone's guess.

Leaves

1989

Shanghai poster
7.0

People of an old abandoned neighborhood are waiting for the end of their district and a whole Soviet Union as well.

Shanghai

1996

Shanghai poster
7.0

People of an old abandoned neighborhood are waiting for the end of their district and a whole Soviet Union as well.

Shanghai

1996

Love Undercover poster
1.0

A young teacher Ksyusha Veselova meets ex-con Pavel Ugryumov in this romantic drama set in one of the Moscow neighborhoods.

Love Undercover

2010

Trio poster
5.0

Three representatives of the social bottom took shelter on the shore of Issyk-Kul, under the hot sun. They have no home, no money, no food, no clothes, no bright future.

Trio

1988

Trio poster
5.0

Three representatives of the social bottom took shelter on the shore of Issyk-Kul, under the hot sun. They have no home, no money, no food, no clothes, no bright future.

Trio

1988

Fool's Day poster
5.7

Van'ka works as a doorman at the hotel. He hates its wealthy guests, but has dreams to live a luxurious life. Forced to live in a car, he's miserable. In this already difficult situation he comes across the collector Sergey, who is determined to knock out the debt out of Vanka.

Fool's Day

2014

Fool's Day poster
5.7

Van'ka works as a doorman at the hotel. He hates its wealthy guests, but has dreams to live a luxurious life. Forced to live in a car, he's miserable. In this already difficult situation he comes across the collector Sergey, who is determined to knock out the debt out of Vanka.

Fool's Day

2014

Gentlemen, Good Luck!‎ poster
3.8

The remake of the soviet classic with a modern setting. Troshkin, a children's party entertainer, uncannily resembles the notorious criminal "Smilik". After the thief steals a valuable artifact, Troshkin is forced to act as his dead ringer in order to restore his reputation and good name.

Gentlemen, Good Luck!‎

2012

New Year's Story poster
NR

A secret unit to combat aliens has been operating since the Second World War, as we learn from newsreels. The action is transferred to New Year's Eve, 1998, to the Gorky Film Studio, where the New Year's program is being filmed. Among the filmmakers, in addition to the mummers, there was also one real Santa Claus, who has been fulfilling one wish once a year for 2 million years. Three guards, a girl from a variety show, a revived dummy and a mischievous boy fought off the international anti-alien forces and tried to come up with this one desire, but they could not. And when Santa Claus disappeared (his time was up) everyone found a gift in the bag that perfectly matched their wishes.

New Year's Story

1997