Aleksandr Rou
Directing · Director · Writer · Novel
Born Feb 24, 1906 · Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Active 1936–1973 · Awards: Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", People's Artist of the RSFSR, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
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