Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Rogozhkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Рого́жкин; 3 October 1949 – 23 October 2021; Leningrad) was a Russian film director and writer. In 1990, Rogozhkin directed Karaul, which won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. Rogozhkin's film The Chekist was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. Abroad, he is famous for his acclaimed 2002 film The Cuckoo (Kukushka), which won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Directing, and Best Feature Film. The film was also entered into the 24th Moscow International Film Festival where he won the award for Best Director. This film also received the Annual Best Film Award and Best Screenplay Award, both in 2002 in Moscow from the Guild of Historians of Cinema and Film Critics. It also won Best Feature Film and Best Directing for the Nika Awards in 2002, and it won Best Screenplay at the Honfleur Russian Film Festival in 2003 in Honfleur, France. Rogozhkin was also one of the first filmmakers addressing the Chechen War with his 1998 Blokpost war drama. Rogozhkin's most renowned television work are episodes of the Streets of Broken Lights – Russia's most popular police procedural TV series. He also directed the spin-off series Deadly Force. He also directed a series of popular Russian-language screwball comedies Peculiarities of National...: Peculiarities of National Hunt (1995), Peculiarities of National Fishing ...

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The Cuckoo (2002)

September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free. Ivan, a captain of the Soviet Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police 'Smersh', has a narrow escape. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Anni-Kristiina Juuso  •  Ville Haapasalo  •  Viktor Bychkov  •  Mikhail Korobochkin

September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free. Ivan, a captain of the Soviet Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police 'Smersh', has a narrow escape. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Anni-Kristiina Juuso  •  Ville Haapasalo  •  Viktor Bychkov  •  Mikhail Korobochkin

Living With an Idiot (1993)

The main character is an intellectual from Russia, who sees it as his duty to bring an idiot from an mental institution to his house. He can pick someone out, after bribing the boss of the institution, with two bottles of vodka. He chooses Vova, at first sight a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Anzhelika Nevolina  •  Viktor Khozyainov  •  Sergey Migitsko  •  Viktor Mikhaylov

The main character is an intellectual from Russia, who sees it as his duty to bring an idiot from an mental institution to his house. He can pick someone out, after bribing the boss of the institution, with two bottles of vodka. He chooses Vova, at first sight a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Anzhelika Nevolina  •  Viktor Khozyainov  •  Sergey Migitsko  •  Viktor Mikhaylov

Checkpoint (1998)

A group Russian soldiers is send to an outpost to guard the area. They pass the day patroulling the area, while being shot at from the forest. They never know if the civillions are hostile or friendly to them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Roman Romantsov  •  Kirill Ulyanov  •  Ivan Kuzmin  •  Denis Kirillov

A group Russian soldiers is send to an outpost to guard the area. They pass the day patroulling the area, while being shot at from the forest. They never know if the civillions are hostile or friendly to them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Roman Romantsov  •  Kirill Ulyanov  •  Ivan Kuzmin  •  Denis Kirillov

Peculiarities of the National Hunt in the Winter (2000)

Now the peculiarities of the national hunt are investigated during the winter season.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Aleksei Buldakov  •  Viktor Bychkov  •  Semyon Strugachyov  •  Mikhail Porechenkov

Now the peculiarities of the national hunt are investigated during the winter season.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Aleksei Buldakov  •  Viktor Bychkov  •  Semyon Strugachyov  •  Mikhail Porechenkov

Chekist (1992)

Srubov is a part of CHEKA, the secret police Lenin established after the Bolshevik Revolution. They arrest, interview for a minute, try in ten seconds, and execute intellectuals, aristocrats, Jews, clergy, and their families. In the building basement, five people ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Igor Sergeev  •  Aleksey Poluyan  •  Mikhail Vasserbaum  •  Sergei Isavnin

Srubov is a part of CHEKA, the secret police Lenin established after the Bolshevik Revolution. They arrest, interview for a minute, try in ten seconds, and execute intellectuals, aristocrats, Jews, clergy, and their families. In the building basement, five people ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Igor Sergeev  •  Aleksey Poluyan  •  Mikhail Vasserbaum  •  Sergei Isavnin

Transit (2006)

A group of American pilots from Alaska ferry Airacobra fighter planes across the ocean on Lend-lease. The orderly course of life is disrupted when it becomes clear that the American pilots are attractive and charming young women. The feelings of the Russian young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Daniil Strakhov  •  Anastasiya Nemolyaeva  •  Svetlana Stroganova  •  Stepan Abramov

A group of American pilots from Alaska ferry Airacobra fighter planes across the ocean on Lend-lease. The orderly course of life is disrupted when it becomes clear that the American pilots are attractive and charming young women. The feelings of the Russian young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Daniil Strakhov  •  Anastasiya Nemolyaeva  •  Svetlana Stroganova  •  Stepan Abramov

Operation 'Happy New Year'! (1996)

A comedy about a New Year Eve celebration in one very funny hospital.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Aleksei Buldakov  •  Leonid Yarmolnik  •  Sergei Makovetsky  •  Semyon Strugachyov

A comedy about a New Year Eve celebration in one very funny hospital.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Aleksei Buldakov  •  Leonid Yarmolnik  •  Sergei Makovetsky  •  Semyon Strugachyov

The Guard (1990)

Young soldiers of the Soviet Internal Troops are brutally bullied during their time of Dedovshchina(hazing). The plot unfolds mostly on board of a prisoner transport rail car guarded by a unit of paramilitary conscripts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Aleksei Buldakov  •  Sergey Kupriyanov  •  Aleksandr Smirnov  •  Vasiliy Domrachyov

Young soldiers of the Soviet Internal Troops are brutally bullied during their time of Dedovshchina(hazing). The plot unfolds mostly on board of a prisoner transport rail car guarded by a unit of paramilitary conscripts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Aleksei Buldakov  •  Sergey Kupriyanov  •  Aleksandr Smirnov  •  Vasiliy Domrachyov

Афродиты (2012)

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DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Mikhail Krylov  •  Egor Pazenko  •  Yuliya Kudoyar  •  Anna Lutseva

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DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Mikhail Krylov  •  Egor Pazenko  •  Yuliya Kudoyar  •  Anna Lutseva

O.R.U.ZH.I. E (2012)

"O. R.U.ZH.I. E "is the abbreviation of the names of friends: O - Oleg, a military pensioner, R - Roman, a scientist, an employee of a research institute, U - Ulyana, a television correspondent, Zh - Zhenya, a physicist, doctor of sciences, I - Igor, entrepreneur, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Dmitry Palamarchuk  •  Ilya Noskov  •  Svetlana Schedrina  •  Anton Bagrov

"O. R.U.ZH.I. E "is the abbreviation of the names of friends: O - Oleg, a military pensioner, R - Roman, a scientist, an employee of a research institute, U - Ulyana, a television correspondent, Zh - Zhenya, a physicist, doctor of sciences, I - Igor, entrepreneur, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Dmitry Palamarchuk  •  Ilya Noskov  •  Svetlana Schedrina  •  Anton Bagrov

Miss Millionersha (1988)

At the beginning of "perestroyka", city authorities are getting ready for another event in keeping with the spirit of stagnant times. A director with a rather "unyielding" character is assigned to make a film about the birth of the one millionth inhabitant. However ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Nikolai Karachentsov  •  Yuriy Dubrovin  •  Sergei Prokhanov  •  Tatyana Mikhalevkina

At the beginning of "perestroyka", city authorities are getting ready for another event in keeping with the spirit of stagnant times. A director with a rather "unyielding" character is assigned to make a film about the birth of the one millionth inhabitant. However ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Nikolai Karachentsov  •  Yuriy Dubrovin  •  Sergei Prokhanov  •  Tatyana Mikhalevkina

The Third Planet (1991)

Drawing heavily from Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's 1971 novella 'Piknik na obochine' ('Roadside Picnic') as well as Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 film adaptation ('Stalker'), 'Tretya planeta' tells the story of a father seeking a cure for his ill daughter by venturing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Anna Matyukhina  •  Boris Sokolov  •  Svetlana Mikhalchenko  •  Konstantin Polyansky

Drawing heavily from Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's 1971 novella 'Piknik na obochine' ('Roadside Picnic') as well as Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 film adaptation ('Stalker'), 'Tretya planeta' tells the story of a father seeking a cure for his ill daughter by venturing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Anna Matyukhina  •  Boris Sokolov  •  Svetlana Mikhalchenko  •  Konstantin Polyansky

Peculiarities of the National Hunt (1995)

A Finn preparing a work on the Russian hunting traditions and customs, comes to Russia to collect materials and is invited to take part in a hunting party. His flamboyant companions include an Army general, with more than a passing resemblance to Aleksander Lebed, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Aleksei Buldakov  •  Ville Haapasalo  •  Viktor Bychkov  •  Semyon Strugachyov

A Finn preparing a work on the Russian hunting traditions and customs, comes to Russia to collect materials and is invited to take part in a hunting party. His flamboyant companions include an Army general, with more than a passing resemblance to Aleksander Lebed, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Aleksei Buldakov  •  Ville Haapasalo  •  Viktor Bychkov  •  Semyon Strugachyov

Peculiarities of the National Fishing (1998)

General Ivolgin, forester Kuzmich, and good-natured Lyova lose their way on a fishing trip and wind up in a neighboring country, where they decide to have a good time anyway but end up leaving their vodka and fishing equipment behind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Aleksei Buldakov  •  Viktor Bychkov  •  Semyon Strugachyov  •  Ville Haapasalo

General Ivolgin, forester Kuzmich, and good-natured Lyova lose their way on a fishing trip and wind up in a neighboring country, where they decide to have a good time anyway but end up leaving their vodka and fishing equipment behind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Aleksei Buldakov  •  Viktor Bychkov  •  Semyon Strugachyov  •  Ville Haapasalo

Boldino autumn (1999)

Sisin, a forty-year-old writer, gets on the train and goes out of town. In the car, he is surrounded by strange passengers, some of whom resemble famous Russian writers: Chekhov, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Kuprin... Surreal visions, hidden desires, fears, and anxieties ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Andrey Krasko  •  Ivan Krasko  •  Aleksandr Lykov  •  Valeriy Kukhareshin

Sisin, a forty-year-old writer, gets on the train and goes out of town. In the car, he is surrounded by strange passengers, some of whom resemble famous Russian writers: Chekhov, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Kuprin... Surreal visions, hidden desires, fears, and anxieties ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Andrey Krasko  •  Ivan Krasko  •  Aleksandr Lykov  •  Valeriy Kukhareshin

The Game (2008)

A funny comedy about the Russian footfall team and their adventures during the World Cup.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Aleksei Buldakov  •  Daniil Strakhov  •  Yuri Stepanov  •  Kirill Pirogov

A funny comedy about the Russian footfall team and their adventures during the World Cup.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Aleksei Buldakov  •  Daniil Strakhov  •  Yuri Stepanov  •  Kirill Pirogov

Your Own Alien Life (2004)

Director Andrey Kalistratov is making a multi-part television film about the literary life of Petrograd after the Civil War, about the House of Arts, which was created by the Bolsheviks to control the creative intelligentsia. Modern Petersburg and Petrograd of 1921 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Mikhail Solovyov  •  Leonid Gromov  •  Andrei Tashkov  •  Elizaveta Boyarskaya

Director Andrey Kalistratov is making a multi-part television film about the literary life of Petrograd after the Civil War, about the House of Arts, which was created by the Bolsheviks to control the creative intelligentsia. Modern Petersburg and Petrograd of 1921 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Rogozhkin
CAST:  Mikhail Solovyov  •  Leonid Gromov  •  Andrei Tashkov  •  Elizaveta Boyarskaya
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