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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-09-28 (120 years old)

Place of Birth

Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

Aleksei Kapler

Biography:

Aleksei (born Lazar) Yakovlevich Kapler (also Alexei, Russian: Алексей (born Лазарь) Яковлевич Каплер) (15 September 1903, Kiev – 11 September 1979) was a prominent Soviet filmmaker, screenwriter, actor and writer. He was known as screenwriter of many Soviet movies, such as Lenin in 1918, Amphibian Man, The Blue Bird and Striped Trip, as well as one of the anchors and directors of TV program Kinopanorama (a cinema overview). In 1941, Kapler was awarded the Stalin Prize.

Known For

Acting

1976

1970

Writing

1996

1976

The Blue Bird as Writer

1972

1963

I Accept the War as Screenplay

1961

Amphibian Man as Screenplay
Striped Trip as Writer
Two Lives as Writer

1957

An Unusual Summer as Screenplay

1943

Kotovsky as Writer
A Good Lad as Writer
No Greater Love as Screenplay

1942

One Day of War as Writer

1939

Lenin in 1918 as Writer

1937

The Miners as Writer

1935

The Sixth Sense as Screenplay

1930

Directing

1930

Right to a woman as Director