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Alexander Rou
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Soviet film director (1906–1973)
Film & TV
Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Aleksandr Rou is widely remembered as the “Soviet Walt Disney,” a filmmaker whose fairy-tale movies became cultural touchstones across the Eastern Bloc. Specializing in magical adventures drawn from Russian folklore, Rou crafted films filled with enchanted forests, witches and heroes. His imaginative style, blending folkloric tradition with cinematic spectacle, made him one of the most successful…
Known for
- Land of Rou the Magician — Himself (archive footage)2006
- Fairytale Director Aleksandr Rou — Self (archive footage)2004
- Our Cinema — (archive footage)1940
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aleksandr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Yuryevets
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Spouse
- Irina Zarubina
- Occupation
- director
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Field of work
- film direction
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- date of birth
- 1906-02-24
- date of death
- 1973-12-28
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Aleksandr Rou
- Commons category
- Alexander Rou
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