Alexander Zarkhi
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Also Known As
Alexander Grigorievich Zarkhi
Birth Place
Russia
Born
February 18, 1908
Died
January 27, 1997
Biography
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Chicherin
(1986)
Director
Goroda i Gody
(1974)
Director
Writer (Feature Film)
Chicherin
(1986)
Screenwriter
Goroda i Gody
(1974)
Screenwriter
Life Events
1929
Worked as screenwriter on "The Moon From the Left"
1930
Screenwriter in "Transport of Fire"
1935
Directorial debut with Iosif Kheifitz in "Hot Money"
1937
Second collaboration with Kheifitz "Baltic Deputy" won them popular and official acclaim
1940
Worked with Kheifitz on "Member of the Government"; known as the classic Soviet film of its era
1941
During WWII the pair directed "He Is Called Sukhe-Bator"
1944
Second collaboration with Kheifitz during the war was "Malakhov-Kurgan"
1945
Wrote documentary "The Defeat of Japan"
1947
Last joint project with Kheifitz was "In the Name of Life"
1957
Moved to Moscow where he filmed "Height"
1968
Directed the adaptation of Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina"
