Aleksandr Faintsimmer

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Faintsimmer (Feinzimmer, ; 31 December 1906 – 21 March 1982) was a Soviet film director. He has been cited as a filmmaker on the forefront of Russian language social thriller. His son Leonid Kvinikhidze was also a film director.

Filmography 
 The Czar Wants to Sleep (Poruchik Kizhe) (1934), better known as Lieutenant Kijé. Sergei Prokofiev wrote a famous instrumental piece, Lieutenant Kijé, as its main theme.
 Men of the Sea (Baltiytsy) (1938) 
 Tanker "Derbent" (1941)
 Kotovsky (1942)
 Naval Battalion (1944) 
 For Those Who Are at Sea  (1947)
 A Girl with a Guitar (1948)
 They Have a Motherland  (1949)
 Konstantin Zaslonov  (1949) 
 Aušra prie Nemuno (1953)
 The Gadfly   (1955) 
 A Girl with Guitar (1958) 
 Far in the West (1968) 
 50 to 50 (1972) 
 Without the Right to Mistake (1974) 
 The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya  (1978) 
 Farewell tour Artist (1979)

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Category:1906 births
Category:1982 deaths
Category:Russian film directors
Category:Soviet film directors
Category:Soviet Jews
Category:Stalin Prize winners
Category:Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni
Category:Socialist realism