Aleksandr Rou
Directing · Director · Writer · Novel
Born Feb 24, 1906 · Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Active 1936–1973
Aleksandr Rou is widely remembered as the “Soviet Walt Disney,” a filmmaker whose fairy-tale movies became cultural touchstones across the Eastern Bloc.
Filmography
Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka (1961) — Director · WriterFather Frost (1965) — DirectorKingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963) — DirectorBarbara the Fair with the Silken Hair (1970) — Director · Co-WriterMaria, the Wonderful Weaver (1959) — DirectorKashchey the Immortal (1944) — Director · WriterThrough Fire, Water and... Brass Pipes (1968) — DirectorVasilisa the Beautiful (1940) — DirectorFather Frost (2010) — NovelGolden Horns (1973) — Director · WriterThe Humpbacked Horse (1941) — DirectorFinest, the Brave Falcon (1975) — WriterWithout Dowry (1937) — First Assistant DirectorMay Night, or the Drowned Maiden (1953) — DirectorCinderella (1961) — DirectorThe Lonely White Sail (1937) — Assistant DirectorWish Upon a Pike (1938) — DirectorNew Adventures of Puss in Boots (1958) — DirectorPrecious Gift (1956) — DirectorOn the Strangeness of Love (1936) — First Assistant DirectorThe Secret of the Mountain Lake (1955) — DirectorДень чудесных впечатлений (1949) — Director