Aleksandr Stolper

Aleksandr Borisovich Stolper (Russian: Александр Борисович Столпер; 12 August 1907, Dvinsk (now Daugavpils) – 12 January 1979, Moscow) was a Russian/Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between 1940 and 1977. Aleksandr Stolper was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1949 and 1951 and received the honorary title People's Artist of the USSR in 1977.

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