Aleksandr Ivanovsky

{{short description|Soviet film director and screenwriter}}

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| name = Aleksandr Ivanovsky

| birth_name = Aleksandr Viktorovich Ivanovsky

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1881|11|29}}

| birth_place = Kazan, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|01|12|1881|11|29}}

| death_place = Leningrad, Soviet Union

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| occupation = Film and theater director, screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1918–1967

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Aleksandr Viktorovich Ivanovsky ({{Langx|ru|Александр Викторович Ивановский}}; November 29, 1881 – January 12, 1968) was a screenwriter and film director in the Soviet Union.{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema|author=Peter Rollberg|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2009|place=US|isbn=978-0-8108-6072-8|pages=303–305}} He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941, for his work on the 1940 film Musical Story. His 1944 operetta film Silva was one of the most popular releases in the Soviet Union that year.Spring & Taylor p.50

Selected filmography

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Bibliography

  • Spring, Derek & Taylor, Richard. Stalinism and Soviet Cinema. Routledge, 2013.