Andrei Khrzhanovsky
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Andrei Khrzhanovsky is a Russia
n animator, documaker, writer and producer. He is the father of director Ilya Khrzhanovsky
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He rose to prominence in the west with his 2009 picture "Room and a half" (ft Sergei Yursky
, Alisa Freindlich
) about Joseph Brodsky
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Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n animator, documaker, writer and producer. He is the father of director Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Ilya Andreevich Khrzhanovsky is a Russian film director. He is the son of Andrei Khrzhanovsky , one of the top Russian animation directors, and grandson of actor Yury Khrzhanovsky ....
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He rose to prominence in the west with his 2009 picture "Room and a half" (ft Sergei Yursky
Sergei Yursky
Sergei Yurievich Yursky is a Soviet/Russian stage and film actor, theatre director and screenwriter. His most notable role in the cinema is Ostap Bender in The Little Golden Calf.-Biography:...
, Alisa Freindlich
Alisa Freindlich
Alisa Brunovna Freindlich is a Soviet and Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR.-Biography:Alisa Freindlich was born into the family of Bruno Freindlich, a prominent actor and People's Artist of the USSR. She is of German and Russian ancestry. Her father and paternal relatives were ethnic...
) about Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky , was a Russian poet and essayist.In 1964, 23-year-old Brodsky was arrested and charged with the crime of "social parasitism" He was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972 and settled in America with the help of W. H. Auden and other supporters...
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Filmography (selection)
- Glass Harmonica (1968, short film)
- A Pushkin Trilogy (1986)
- The Lion With the White Beard (1995)
- "Half Cat" (2002)
- A Room and a Half (2009)