FILM DIRECTOR

Aleksandr Alov

1923 - 1983

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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Alov (September 26, 1923 – June 12, 1983, born Lapsker) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter, he was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1983 (together with Vladimir Naumov). His 1981 film Teheran 43 won the Golden Prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. After military service in the Great Patriotic War, Alov studied with Igor Savchenko at VGIK, graduating in 1951. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aleksandr Alov has received more than 25,242 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandr Alov is the 1,332nd most popular film director, the 890th most popular biography from Ukraine and the 30th most popular Ukrainian Film Director.

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  • 52.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Aleksandr Alov ranks 1,332 out of 2,041. Before him are Ettore Giannini, Bruno Barreto, Dinara Asanova, Steve Miner, Aleksandr Zarkhi, and Jerzy Antczak. After him are Piotr Szulkin, Frank Pierson, Douglas Trumbull, Peter Medak, Kurt Neumann, and Bent Hamer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Aleksandr Alov ranks 403. Before him are Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Helen Murray Free, Paavo Lonkila, Ruth Williams Khama, Avram Davidson, and Robert Sabatier. After him are Dolores Fuller, Bill Bruce, Jorge Romo, Doc Watson, James Stockdale, and Vic Seixas. Among people deceased in 1983, Aleksandr Alov ranks 228. Before him are Gregorio Blasco, Lutz Eigendorf, Tomás Ojeda, Betty Nuthall, Derek J. de Solla Price, and Nils Engdahl. After him are Walter Slezak, Miron Białoszewski, Slim Pickens, Joseph Ruttenberg, Kalevi Kotkas, and Gerry Hitchens.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Aleksandr Alov ranks 890 out of 1,365. Before him are Leonid Bartenyev (1933), Volodymyr Ivanovych Barvinok (1879), Yury Onufriyenko (1961), Yuriy Nikiforov (1970), Jerzy Antczak (1929), and Vitaliy Parakhnevych (1969). After him are Kazimierz Wierzyński (1894), Viktor Onopko (1969), Rose Friedman (1910), Viacheslav Semenov (1947), Andriy Parubiy (1971), and Andriy Kuzmenko (1968).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Ukraine

Among film directors born in Ukraine, Aleksandr Alov ranks 30. Before him are Roman Viktyuk (1936), Frederic Zelnik (1885), Vadim Abdrashitov (1945), Volodymyr Dakhno (1932), Leonid Osyka (1940), and Jerzy Antczak (1929). After him are Lev Arnshtam (1905), Boris Sagal (1923), Vadim Perelman (1963), Felix Sobolev (1931), Nikolay Akimov (1901), and Vera Stroyeva (1903).

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