Alexander Arturovich Rou (Russian spelling, English spelling may be "Rowe") was a Soviet film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

, People's Artist of RSFSR (1968). He worked primarily in fairy-tale genre.

He was born to Irish father (Arthur Rowe) and Russian mother, hence the unusual family name. Since 1930 worked at Mezhrabpomfilm as an assistant director to Yakov Protazanov

Yakov Protazanov

Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov was Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema of Russia....

 on the films Marionettes

Marionettes (film)

Marionettes is a 1934 Soviet antifascist film starring Anatoli Ktorov and directed by Yakov Protazanov and Porfiri Podobed.The film combines the features of comedy, social drama and political pamphlet.-Cast:* Anatoli Ktorov - C, the Prince...

(1934) and Without Dowry

Without Dowry

Without Dowry is a 1937 Soviet film directed by Yakov Protazanov based on the eponymous play by Alexander Ostrovsky.-Cast:* Olga Pyzhova - Kharita Ignatiyevna Ogudalova* Nina Alisova - Larisa Dmitriyevna Ogudalova...

(1937) as well as with other directors.

Since 1937 worked at the studio "Soyuzdetfilm", later known as Gorky Film Studio

Gorky Film Studio

Gorky Film Studio is a film studio in Moscow, Russian Federation. By the end of the Soviet Union, Gorky Film Studio had produced more than 1,000 films...

Filmography

• 1938 - Po shchuchemu veleniyu
• 1939 - Vasilissa the Beautiful
  Vasilissa the Beautiful
  Vasilisa the Beautiful , commonly known as Vasilisa's Doll, is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki....
  
  
• 1941 - The Humpbacked Horse (Konyok-gorbunok)
• 1944 - Kashchey the Deadless
• 1953 - May Nights
• 1959 - The Magic Weaver
• 1960 - Cinderella
• 1961 - Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka
• 1964 - Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors
  Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors
  Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors is a 1964 Soviet fairy tale film directed by Aleksandr Rou based on a story with the same name by Vitali Gubarev.In the end of 2007 the Russia TV filmed a musical remake - with the same name, featuring stars of Russian scene Nikolay Baskov and Alla Pugacheva. The...
  
  
• 1964 - Jack Frost
  Jack Frost (1964 film)
  Jack Frost is a traditional Russian Fairy tale which served as the basis for a Soviet production that was originally released in 1964. A version with a new soundtrack was released in 1966 in the U.S. It was directed by Aleksandr Rou, and starred Eduard Izotov as Ivan, Natalya Sedykh as Nastenka,...
  
  
• 1968 - Through Fire, Water and... Brass Pipes
• 1969 - Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair
• 1972 - Baba Yaga

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