Aleksandr Faintsimmer

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Faintsimmer (Feinzimmer, Russian: Александр Михайлович Файнциммер; 31 December 1906 – 21 March 1982) was a Soviet film director.^[1][2] He has been cited as a filmmaker on the forefront of Russian language social thriller.^[3] His son Leonid Kvinikhidze was also a film director.^[4]

Aleksandr Faintsimmer
Born	Aleksandr Mikhailovich Faintsimmer December 31, 1906 Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire
Died	March 21, 1982(1982-03-21) (aged 75) USSR
Resting place	Vvedenskoye Cemetery, Moscow
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Film director
Notable work	The Gadfly (1955) The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya (1978)
Awards	Stalin Prize (1950,1951)

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)
• Night without Mercy (1962) (Noch bez miloserdiya)^[5] (Adaptation of a book by Kurt Sandner [de])
• Far in the West (1968)
• 50 to 50 (1972)
• Without the Right to Mistake (1974)
• The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya (1978)
• Farewell tour Artist (1979)