FILM DIRECTOR

Alexander Rou

1906 - 1973

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Alexander Arturovich Rou (Russian: Александр Артурович Роу; 8 March [O.S. 23 February] 1906 – 28 December 1973) was a Soviet film director. He directed a number of children's fantasy films, based mostly on Russian folklore that were highly popular and often imitated in the Soviet Union. Rou received the title People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Rou is the 844th most popular film director (down from 842nd in 2019), the 1,459th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,485th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Russian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alexander Rou ranks 844 out of 2,041. Before him are Arthur Cohn, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Gianni Amelio, Gregory Hoblit, Frederick Wiseman, and Aleksei Balabanov. After him are Boris Kaufman, Sergei Loznitsa, Andrea Arnold, Christian Petzold, Stuart Gordon, and Harald Reinl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Alexander Rou ranks 243. Before him are Alexandre Trauner, Bart Bok, Frank H. Netter, Joseph Höffner, Óscar Domínguez, and Lou Costello. After him are Boris Kaufman, Steve Anderson, Georges Ronsse, Kathleen Kenyon, Herbert Wehner, and Madeleine Carroll. Among people deceased in 1973, Alexander Rou ranks 174. Before him are Alfred Romer, José Alfredo Jiménez, Charles Daniels, Harold Hotelling, Armas Toivonen, and John Cranko. After him are Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Elizabeth Bowen, Arturo de Córdova, Arcadio Larraona Saralegui, Hendrik Isemborghs, and Gustaf Molander.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Rou ranks 1,459 out of 3,761. Before him are Lena Katina (1984), Duke Peter of Oldenburg (1812), Andrej Hoteev (1946), Anna Sorokin (1991), Anatoly Alyabyev (1951), and Aleksei Balabanov (1959). After him are Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky (1868), Alla Kushnir (1941), Pavel Fedotov (1815), Alevtina Kolchina (1930), Armas Järnefelt (1869), and Elsa Brändström (1888).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Alexander Rou ranks 30. Before him are Stanislav Govorukhin (1936), Ivan Pyryev (1901), Aleksei Yuryevich German (1938), Yevgeni Bauer (1865), Pyotr Chardynin (1873), and Aleksei Balabanov (1959). After him are Alexandre Volkoff (1885), Tatyana Lioznova (1924), Gleb Panfilov (1934), Esfir Shub (1894), Lev Atamanov (1905), and Vladimir Gardin (1877).

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