Biography
Alexander Arturovich Rou (also, Rowe, from his Irish father's name) (Russian: Александр Артурович Роу, 8 March [O.S. 23 February] 1906 – 28 December 1973) was a Soviet film director, and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1968). He directed a number of children's fantasy films, based mostly on Russian folklore, that were highly popular and often imitated in the Soviet Union. He was born to an Irish father Arthur Howard Rowe, (an engineer, who in 1905 came under contract to Russia to establish flour-milling) hence his unusual (for Russia) family name, and a Greek mother, known as Julia Karageorgia. His father worked in Yuryevets and in 1914 returned to Ireland, leaving the family in unstable Russia.
Starting in 1930, Alexander worked at Mezhrabpomfilm as an assistant director to Yakov Protazanov on the films Marionettes (1934) and Without a Dowry (1937), as well as with other directors. From 1937, he worked at the "Soyuzdetfilm" studio, later known as the Gorky Film Studio. He directed more than 20 fantasy films. Most of them were based on the Russian folklore or Russian fantasy books, such as by Nikolai Gogol, Petr Yershov, and Vitali Gubarev. They were a part of folk revival trend in the Soviet cinema, alongside films by Aleksandr Ptushko, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Lev Atamanov, and others. Rou's movies were immensely popular in the Soviet Union and set up a tradition of fantasy films that was followed by the younger directors.
Rou died in 1973 in a Moscow hospital while working on pre-production of his final movie Finist, the brave Falcon. It was completed by Gennady Vasilyev after his death.
Filmography
all 20
Movies 20
Director 17
Writer 1
Морозко (2010)
Finest, the Brave Falcon (1975)
Golden Horns (1973)
Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair (1970)
Through Fire, Water and... Brass Pipes (1968)
Father Frost (1964)
Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka (1961)
Cinderella (1961)
Maria, the Wonderful Weaver (1959)
New Adventures of Puss in Boots (1958)
Precious Gift (1956)
The Secret of the Mountain Lake (1954)
May Night, or the Drowned Maiden (1952)
Kashchey the Immortal (1944)
The Humpbacked Horse (1941)
Our Cinema (1940)
Vassilisa the Beautiful (1940)
Wish upon a Pike (1938)
Without Dowry (1937)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1906-03-08
Deathday1973-12-28 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceMoscow, Russia
CitizenshipsRussian Empire, Soviet Union
Also Known AsAlexander Rou
AwardsOrder of the October Revolution, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Badge of Honour, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
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