Aleksandr Gorchilin

Stage and film actor, video artist, director. In 2008 enrolled at the Moscow Art Theatre School on Kirill Serebrennikov’s course; since 2012 works at the Gogol Centre. Played one of the lead roles in Valeria Gai Germanika’s film “Yes and Yes”, and appeared in Serebrennnikov’s film “The Student” (2016, nomination for a NIKA Award in the category Best Supporting Actor). In 2015 debuted as director with the documentary film “#KOMUNARUSIZHITKHOROSHO”, which received a special jury mention at Dvizhenie [Movement] festival. In 2016 participated as co-author and video artist in the opera production “Iolantha. OPUS” (with Filipp Avdeev and Igor Bychkov), and released his second documentary “Russian Fairy Tales”.

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Protest Day (2012)

A day in the life of a typical character of Russian history, "the little man": a school teacher of Russian language and literature. An intellectual and his problems at the beginning of the 21st century. A day in the life of the country which Yesenin loved. About a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergey Mokritsky
CAST:  Anatoly Kot  •  Svetlana Nemolyaeva  •  Irina Rakhmanova  •  Lyudmila Titova

A day in the life of a typical character of Russian history, "the little man": a school teacher of Russian language and literature. An intellectual and his problems at the beginning of the 21st century. A day in the life of the country which Yesenin loved. About a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergey Mokritsky
CAST:  Anatoly Kot  •  Svetlana Nemolyaeva  •  Irina Rakhmanova  •  Lyudmila Titova

Yes & Yes (2014)

Sasha is a young girl living in a block flat with her family in Moscow. Once she falls in love with Antonin, a bohemian artist and hard drinker. Their short love affair is pulling her down, to the bottom of her subconscious. Overwhelmed with beautiful and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Valeriya Gay Germanika
CAST:  Agniya Kuznetsova  •  Vladimir Dubosarsky  •  Aleksandr Gorchilin  •  Alexander Vinogradov

Sasha is a young girl living in a block flat with her family in Moscow. Once she falls in love with Antonin, a bohemian artist and hard drinker. Their short love affair is pulling her down, to the bottom of her subconscious. Overwhelmed with beautiful and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Valeriya Gay Germanika
CAST:  Agniya Kuznetsova  •  Vladimir Dubosarsky  •  Aleksandr Gorchilin  •  Alexander Vinogradov

The Student (2016)

A high school student becomes convinced that the world is lost to evil and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults surrounding him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Viktoriya Isakova  •  Petr Skvortsov  •  Yuliya Aug  •  Aleksandra Revenko

A high school student becomes convinced that the world is lost to evil and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults surrounding him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Viktoriya Isakova  •  Petr Skvortsov  •  Yuliya Aug  •  Aleksandra Revenko

Zoology (2016)

Natasha is a lonely, middle-aged admin employee at the zoo who still lives at home with her mother. One day her life is turned upside down when she discovers she has grown a tail…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan I. Tverdovsky
CAST:  Natalya Pavlenkova  •  Dmitry Groshev  •  Irina Chipizhenko  •  Masha Tokareva

Natasha is a lonely, middle-aged admin employee at the zoo who still lives at home with her mother. One day her life is turned upside down when she discovers she has grown a tail…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan I. Tverdovsky
CAST:  Natalya Pavlenkova  •  Dmitry Groshev  •  Irina Chipizhenko  •  Masha Tokareva

Hit (2017)

A story about two Moscow young girls one of them is trying to become an architect and other is a beginner singer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Margarita Mikhaylova
CAST:  Sofya Ozerova  •  Alyona Toymintseva  •  Petr Skvortsov  •  Yuliya Aug

A story about two Moscow young girls one of them is trying to become an architect and other is a beginner singer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Margarita Mikhaylova
CAST:  Sofya Ozerova  •  Alyona Toymintseva  •  Petr Skvortsov  •  Yuliya Aug

Blockbuster (2017)

A wannabe model from a small Russian town robs a local bank to fund her modeling career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roman Volobuev
CAST:  Svetlana Ustinova  •  Anna Chipovskaya  •  Yevgeni Tsyganov  •  Yuliya Snigir

A wannabe model from a small Russian town robs a local bank to fund her modeling career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roman Volobuev
CAST:  Svetlana Ustinova  •  Anna Chipovskaya  •  Yevgeni Tsyganov  •  Yuliya Snigir

Molodogvardeytsev 32 (2016)

The story of three guys from Chelyabinsk who decided to Rob a local grocery store. During the attack, everything goes awry: an unknown creature appears in the back room of a merchant's shop...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fyodor Bondarchuk
CAST:  Sergey Burunov  •  Nikita Kukushkin  •  Aleksey Maslodudov  •  Aleksandr Gorchilin

The story of three guys from Chelyabinsk who decided to Rob a local grocery store. During the attack, everything goes awry: an unknown creature appears in the back room of a merchant's shop...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fyodor Bondarchuk
CAST:  Sergey Burunov  •  Nikita Kukushkin  •  Aleksey Maslodudov  •  Aleksandr Gorchilin

Leto (2018)

Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoï. Together with friends, they will change the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Teo Yoo  •  Roman Bilyk  •  Irina Starshenbaum  •  Philipp Avdeev

Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoï. Together with friends, they will change the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Teo Yoo  •  Roman Bilyk  •  Irina Starshenbaum  •  Philipp Avdeev

Acid (2018)

They have been abandoned in a world adorned with concepts such as family, friendship, love, and opportunities. In search of answers to their questions, they devour themselves like a chemical substance that corrodes the world around, in order to eventually learn not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Gorchilin
CAST:  Philipp Avdeev  •  Aleksandr Kuznetsov  •  Arina Shevtsova  •  Savva Savelyev

They have been abandoned in a world adorned with concepts such as family, friendship, love, and opportunities. In search of answers to their questions, they devour themselves like a chemical substance that corrodes the world around, in order to eventually learn not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Gorchilin
CAST:  Philipp Avdeev  •  Aleksandr Kuznetsov  •  Arina Shevtsova  •  Savva Savelyev

The Red Day (2018)

This film was conceived as a continuation of the work of Igor Grigoriev "Holidays of the Revolution", filmed in 1972. The image of the future is the most important theme of the holidays a hundred years ago. Today, in the coming “future,” we are more likely to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Artem Firsanov
CAST:  Aleksandr Gorchilin

This film was conceived as a continuation of the work of Igor Grigoriev "Holidays of the Revolution", filmed in 1972. The image of the future is the most important theme of the holidays a hundred years ago. Today, in the coming “future,” we are more likely to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Artem Firsanov
CAST:  Aleksandr Gorchilin

New Year, I Love You! (2019)

Musical movie almanac of stories about the events of the past year, holiday miracles, new hopes, creativity and love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Segal  •  Klim Shipenko  •  Pavel Bardin  •  Mikhail Mestetskiy  •  Vasiliy Sigarev
CAST:  Taisiya Vilkova  •  Maksim Vitorgan  •  Mikhail Gorevoy  •  Aleksandr Gorchilin

Musical movie almanac of stories about the events of the past year, holiday miracles, new hopes, creativity and love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Segal  •  Klim Shipenko  •  Pavel Bardin  •  Mikhail Mestetskiy  •  Vasiliy Sigarev
CAST:  Taisiya Vilkova  •  Maksim Vitorgan  •  Mikhail Gorevoy  •  Aleksandr Gorchilin

A Historical Mistake (2019)

Mexico. 1940. The agent of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD) Ramon Merkader comes to the house of Leon Trotsky. Under a long leather raincoat he hides an ice pick. He is here to kill the unsuspecting Russian revolutionary. Moscow. 2019. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Mestetskiy
CAST:  Mikhail Gorevoy  •  Aleksandr Gorchilin  •  Olga Sutulova  •  Fyodor Lavrov

Mexico. 1940. The agent of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD) Ramon Merkader comes to the house of Leon Trotsky. Under a long leather raincoat he hides an ice pick. He is here to kill the unsuspecting Russian revolutionary. Moscow. 2019. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Mestetskiy
CAST:  Mikhail Gorevoy  •  Aleksandr Gorchilin  •  Olga Sutulova  •  Fyodor Lavrov

The Chosen Ones (2018)

The film is based on a dialogue between young and older generations about life, profession, fame, love, the mission of art, the destiny of man, heroism and the ideals of our time. Conversations of outstanding figures of Russian culture with actors who have recently ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anastasiya Golub
CAST:  Evgeny Mironov  •  Oleg Basilashvili  •  Valentin Gaft  •  Yuriy Solomin

The film is based on a dialogue between young and older generations about life, profession, fame, love, the mission of art, the destiny of man, heroism and the ideals of our time. Conversations of outstanding figures of Russian culture with actors who have recently ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anastasiya Golub
CAST:  Evgeny Mironov  •  Oleg Basilashvili  •  Valentin Gaft  •  Yuriy Solomin

Harmony (2018)

Sometimes you are told that the thing you believe in and that which really is does not exist or has never existed. Unemployed Roma (25 years old) is preparing for his first world championship in playing an imaginary guitar in the city of Oulu (Finland). Will the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Evgeny Sangadzhiev
CAST:  Aleksandr Gorchilin  •  Anna Gulyarenko  •  Andrey Rebenkov

Sometimes you are told that the thing you believe in and that which really is does not exist or has never existed. Unemployed Roma (25 years old) is preparing for his first world championship in playing an imaginary guitar in the city of Oulu (Finland). Will the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Evgeny Sangadzhiev
CAST:  Aleksandr Gorchilin  •  Anna Gulyarenko  •  Andrey Rebenkov

Twice in one river (2007)

An ordinary family - Sergey, Lena and two children - are experiencing another family crisis. Love has cooled down for a long time, the couple forgot what they were striving for, and most importantly, they no longer remember why they were together. Misunderstanding ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexey Muradov
CAST:  Olga Lomonosova  •  Sergey Chonishvili  •  Igor Korovin  •  Nikolai Malaev

An ordinary family - Sergey, Lena and two children - are experiencing another family crisis. Love has cooled down for a long time, the couple forgot what they were striving for, and most importantly, they no longer remember why they were together. Misunderstanding ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexey Muradov
CAST:  Olga Lomonosova  •  Sergey Chonishvili  •  Igor Korovin  •  Nikolai Malaev

Without Skin (2014)

Summer. During the admission to the acting school, Lisa gets acquainted with one of the entrants and leads him to the sculpture workshop of her father, where they spend several days together. In a closed space, their relationship becomes a game. Without borders, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Bek
CAST:  Elizaveta Ryzhih  •  Petr Skvortsov  •  Aleksandr Gorchilin

Summer. During the admission to the acting school, Lisa gets acquainted with one of the entrants and leads him to the sculpture workshop of her father, where they spend several days together. In a closed space, their relationship becomes a game. Without borders, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Bek
CAST:  Elizaveta Ryzhih  •  Petr Skvortsov  •  Aleksandr Gorchilin

City Birds (2016)

Romantic stories of three friends...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuliya Belaya
CAST:  Evgeniya Afonskaya  •  Evgeniya Gromova  •  Anna Vorkueva  •  Harald Rosenstrøm

Romantic stories of three friends...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuliya Belaya
CAST:  Evgeniya Afonskaya  •  Evgeniya Gromova  •  Anna Vorkueva  •  Harald Rosenstrøm

Constellations (2020)

The story of a couple entangled in string theory and their own relationships. An excursion to the quantum multiverse, where every action of the heroes, every decision they make, exists in all possible variants simultaneously.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Alyabyev
CAST:  Aleksandr Gorchilin  •  Elizaveta Yankovskaya

The story of a couple entangled in string theory and their own relationships. An excursion to the quantum multiverse, where every action of the heroes, every decision they make, exists in all possible variants simultaneously.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Alyabyev
CAST:  Aleksandr Gorchilin  •  Elizaveta Yankovskaya

Gogol online: Kharms. Myr (2020)

A small but powerful orchestra with strict melodies and rhythms in the spirit of “Avia” unleashes a mechanical frenzy: artists under a thick layer of make-up are throwing replicas from Harms' stories and notebooks. Ultimately, this plotless musical by Maxim Didenko ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maxim Didenko
CAST:  Mariya Poezzhaeva  •  Mikhail Troynik  •  Philipp Avdeev  •  Evgeniya Afonskaya

A small but powerful orchestra with strict melodies and rhythms in the spirit of “Avia” unleashes a mechanical frenzy: artists under a thick layer of make-up are throwing replicas from Harms' stories and notebooks. Ultimately, this plotless musical by Maxim Didenko ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maxim Didenko
CAST:  Mariya Poezzhaeva  •  Mikhail Troynik  •  Philipp Avdeev  •  Evgeniya Afonskaya

#КОМУНАРУСИЖИТЬХОРОШО (2015)

In the summer of 2014, a group of actors of the Gogol Center (Moscow) and the State Academic Drama Theater named after Fedor Volkov (Yaroslavl), headed by Kirill Serebrennikov, went on an expedition to the Yaroslavl region. The purpose of the expedition is to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Gorchilin
CAST:  Philipp Avdeev  •  Evgeny Sangadzhiev  •  Ivan Fominov  •  Mikhail Troynik

In the summer of 2014, a group of actors of the Gogol Center (Moscow) and the State Academic Drama Theater named after Fedor Volkov (Yaroslavl), headed by Kirill Serebrennikov, went on an expedition to the Yaroslavl region. The purpose of the expedition is to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Gorchilin
CAST:  Philipp Avdeev  •  Evgeny Sangadzhiev  •  Ivan Fominov  •  Mikhail Troynik
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