
Aleksandr Stolper
Directing
Known For

Alexey Meresyev was a fighter pilot during the war. One day he was shot down by Nazis, and because of his wounds both of his legs had to be cut off up to his knees. Because of his spirit and courage, Alexey was able to overcome his disability. He learned not only to walk on his artificial limps, but even dance and fly the plane again. Based on a real-life story.
Story of a Real Man

The first Russian talking picture which won a prize at the 1st Venice IFF. The action is set in 1923. The USSR is struggling with hunger and economic ruin. It is a story of homeless teenagers for whom a work commune is set up with the idea of uniting and reforming them.
Road to Life

Not being able to implement his invention in his home country, engineer Arrowsmith, the author of the patent for ore flotation, goes to the USSR to work at one of the flotation plants, where he soon learns that a group of Soviet engineers is conducting similar work.
The Four Visits of Samuel Wolfe

Immediately after their wedding, a young family of archaeologists comes to Central Asia for excavations. The plague epidemic that broke out there separates the newlyweds for a while and forces the girl's mother to turn to her ex-husband for help.
A Unique Spring

The continuation of a story started by Alexander Stolper epic movie "The Alive and the Dead".
Retribution

A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man. This Soviet war feature was considerably outspoken for the time as it addressed issues such as anti-Stalinism, Siberia and the inhumanity of war. Adapting his screenplay from a book by Constantin Simonov, Alexandre Stolper was responsible for writing as well as directing.
The Alive and the Dead

A story about a creation of a new Soviet Jet during WWII.
Our Heart

American journalist gets a sensational material but is afraid to publish it...
The Fourth

About the life of Soviet students. A group of students-graduates of a medical institute organizes a farewell party. The secretary of the regional Komsomol committee unexpectedly appears and starts openly agitating sexual promiscuity. The party turns into an ugly drunkenness.
The Law of Life

A young Gipsy boy is growing up in a Russian village during the Civil War.
Hard Happiness

The wife of test pilot Anton Blysh dies in an accident. In his absence, the doctor - the wife of his friend and understudy Vinogradov - convinces his superiors that Blysh should be removed from the upcoming tests of a new model airplane. However, having returned to work, Anton himself gives the right of supremacy to his friend, an excellent pilot, who has had no luck so far.
Отклонение - ноль

This literary adaptation was the first Soviet feature length dramatization, as opposed to documentary film, on the momentous Battle of Stalingrad.
Days and Nights

A story of true love set during the WWII.
Wait for Me

In the summer of 1932, Sergei Lukonin, a young man from Saratov, leaves his hometown for the distant city of Omsk to attend tank school. His fiancée, Varenka, who soon became an actress, remained in Saratov. In 1936, Sergei went to fight in the Spanish Civil War. He was wounded, taken prisoner, escaped, and returned to training battles, with June 1941 looming ahead.
Lad from Our Town

The major oil pipeline construction is going on under heavy bombings by the Nazi Air-Force. The construction workers must work under dangerous conditions around-the-clock in order to deliver oil to the Armies on the front-line. The construction manager Batmanov resolves many problems.
Far from Moscow

A group of semitrailers is moving through a snow storm - and no one doesn't know that there is a spy between the drivers.
The Road

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Last Hijacking

The film is about the struggle of Czechoslovak patriots against the Nazi invaders during the years of fascist occupation. The plot of the film is based on actual events that were reported after that time.