Aleksei Kapler
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Aleksei Yakovlevich Kapler (also Alexei);
Kiev
, (Moscow
, 11 October 1903 Old Style –
11 September 1979) was a Soviet
filmmaker, screenwriter
, actor
, and writer
. He was known as an anchor and director of the TV program Kinopanorama (a cinema overview). In 1941, he was awarded the Stalin Prize.
He is also known for his brief romance with Joseph Stalin
's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva
. It is alleged that the latter fact was the reason for Kapler to be declared an "English spy" and sentenced to a five-year exile in Vorkuta
in 1942 and he worked at Vorkuta prisoner's theatre
.
Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
, (Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, 11 October 1903 Old Style –
11 September 1979) was a Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
filmmaker, screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
. He was known as an anchor and director of the TV program Kinopanorama (a cinema overview). In 1941, he was awarded the Stalin Prize.
He is also known for his brief romance with Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva
Svetlana Alliluyeva
Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva , later known as Lana Peters, was the youngest child and only daughter of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Stalin's second wife...
. It is alleged that the latter fact was the reason for Kapler to be declared an "English spy" and sentenced to a five-year exile in Vorkuta
Vorkuta
Vorkuta is a coal-mining town in the Komi Republic, Russia, situated just north of the Arctic Circle in the Pechora coal basin at the Usa River. Population: - Labor camp origins :...
in 1942 and he worked at Vorkuta prisoner's theatre
Vorkuta State Drama Theatre
The Vorkuta State Drama Theatre is located in the Russian city Vorkuta, opened in 1943 in the Gulag.Between the years 1930 and 1953, many Soviet citizens were arrested by the NKVD. Most of the prisoners of the Gulag camps were arrested for political reasons, according to Article 58 . One of the...
.
Filmography
- 1926 The OvercoatThe Overcoat (1926 film)The Overcoat is a 1926 Soviet film directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg, based on Nikolai Gogol stories "Nevsky Prospekt" and "The Overcoat".-Cast:* Andrei Kostrichkin - Akaki Akakievich* Antonina Yeremeyeva* Sergei Gerasimov - Yaryzhka...
(actor) - 1930 Pravo Na Zhenshchinu (A Licence to Have a Woman) (silent filmSilent filmA silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
, Ukrainfilm studio, KievKievKiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
, director), shown at the XXV Moscow International Film FestivalMoscow International Film FestivalMoscow International Film Festival , is the film festival first held in Moscow in 1959. From its inception to 1995 it was held every second year in July, alternating with the Karlovy Vary festival. The festival has been held annually since 1995....
, 2003 - 1931 Shakhta 12-28 (Mine 12-28) (director)
- 1939 Lenin v 1918 Godu (Lenin in 1918Lenin in 1918Lenin in 1918 is a 130-minute long Soviet revolution film released in 1939. It gives the background of the Russian Civil War after the October Revolution.The film was directed by Mikhail Romm with E. Aron and I. Simkov as co-directors...
) (screenwriter) - 1942 Slavny Maly (A Good Lad) (screenwriter)
- 1943 Den za Dnyom (Day After Day) (screenwriter)
- 1957 Za Vitrinoy Univermaga (Behind Show-Window) (screenwriter)
- 1976 Sinyaya Ptitsa (The Blue BirdThe Blue Bird (1976 film)The Blue Bird is a 1976 American/Soviet fantasy film directed by George Cukor. The screenplay by Hugh Whitemore, Alfred Hayes, and Aleksei Kapler is based on L'Oiseau bleu by Maurice Maeterlinck. It was the fifth screen adaptation of the play, following two silent films, the studio's 1940 version...
) (screenwriter) - 1987 Soshedshie s nebes (Descended From the Heavens), LenfilmLenfilmKinostudiya "Lenfilm" is a production unit of the Russian film industry, with its own film studio, located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, formerly Leningrad, R.S.F.S.R. Today OAO "Kinostudiya Lenfilm" is a corporation with its stakes shared between private owners, and several private film studios,...
studio, is based on Kapler's story , Two of Twenty Millions. - 1996 Vozvrashchenie bronenostsa (Return of the Battleship) is based on Kapler's story, Return of the Battleship