Aleksandr Zarkhi

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| birthname = Aleksandr Grigoryevich Zarkhi

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|2|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|1|27|1908|2|18|df=yes}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russia

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| occupation = Film director, screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1928–1986

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Aleksandr Grigoryevich Zarkhi ({{langx|ru|Александр Григорьевич Зархи}}; 18 February 1908 – 27 January 1997) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Hero of Socialist Labour (1978).{{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=752–753}}

His film Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival in 1981.{{Cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1981/03_preistr_ger_1981/03_Preistraeger_1981.html |title=Berlinale 1981: Prize Winners |accessdate=29 August 2010 |work=berlinale.de}}

Filmography

The Song of Metal (Песнь о металле) (1928); documentary
Wind in the Face (Ветер в лицо) (1930); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits
Noon (Полдень) (1931); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits
My Motherland (Моя Родина) (1933); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits
Hectic Days (Горячие денечки) (1935); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits
Baltic Deputy (Депутат Балтики) (1937); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits
Member of the Government (Член правительства) (1940); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits
His Name Is Sukhe-Bator (Его зовут Сухэ-Батор) (1942); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits
The Last Hill (Малахов курган)(1944); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits
In the Name of Life (Во имя жизни) (1946); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits
The Precious Seed (Драгоценные зерна) (1948); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits
The Fires of Baku (Огни Баку) (1950); co-directed with Iosif Kheifits and Rza Tahmasib
Kolkhoz Rassvet (Колхоз "Рассвет") (1951); documentary
Pavlinka (Павлинка) (1952); TV play
Nesterka (Нестерка) (1954)
The Height (Высота) (1957)
People on the Bridge (Люди на мосту) (1960)
My Younger Brother (Мой младший брат) (1962)
Hello, Life! (1963)
Anna Karenina (Анна Каренина) (1967)
Towns and Years (Города и годы) (1973)
Story of an Unknown Actor (Повесть о неизвестном актере) (1976)
Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky (Двадцать шесть дней из жизни Достоевского) (1981)
Chicherin (Чичерин) (1986)