Release calendarTop 250 moviesMost popular moviesBrowse movies by genreTop box officeShowtimes & ticketsMovie newsIndia movie spotlight
    What's on TV & streamingTop 250 TV showsMost popular TV showsBrowse TV shows by genreTV news
    What to watchLatest trailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily entertainment guideIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsPrimetime EmmysToronto Int'l Film FestivalFall TV GuideMost Anticipated This MonthSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll events
    Born todayTrending peopleCelebrity news
    IMDb LabsHelp centerContributor zonePolls
For industry professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
    Some content may be auto-translated
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign in
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
    Some content may be auto-translated
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Biography
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Aleksandr Gordon(1931-2020)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actor
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Aleksandr Gordon in The Killers (1956)
Aleksandr Gordon was born on 26 December 1931 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for The Killers (1956), The Fight in the Blizzard (1978) and Ransom (1986). He was married to Marina Tarkovskaya. He died on 7 December 2020.
BornDecember 26, 1931
DiedDecember 7, 2020(88)
BornDecember 26, 1931
DiedDecember 7, 2020(88)
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank

Photos2

View Poster
View Poster

Known for

The Killers (1956)
The Killers
6.5
Short
  • Director(as A. Gordon)
  • 1956
The Fight in the Blizzard (1978)
The Fight in the Blizzard
6.7
  • Director
  • 1978
Boris Shcherbakov in Ransom (1986)
Ransom
5.5
  • Director
  • 1986
Double Passing (1984)
Double Passing
5.7
  • Director
  • 1984

Credits

IMDbPro

Director

  • Fitil. Vypusk 1 (1962)
    Fuse (cinema journal)
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • segment
    • 1969–1992
  • Soccer Player (1990)
    Soccer Player
    5.7
    • Director
    • 1990
  • Boris Shcherbakov in Ransom (1986)
    Ransom
    5.5
    • Director
    • 1986
  • Double Passing (1984)
    Double Passing
    5.7
    • Director
    • 1984
  • The Man Who Closed the City (1982)
    The Man Who Closed the City
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1982
  • Scenes from Family Life (1979)
    Scenes from Family Life
    7.7
    • Director
    • 1979
  • The Fight in the Blizzard (1978)
    The Fight in the Blizzard
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1978
  • Behind the Wheel, Korobkin
    Short
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Oleg Borisov and Eduard Martsevich in The Theft (1970)
    The Theft
    6.4
    • Director
    • 1970
  • Aleksandr Gordon in Sergey Lazo (1967)
    Sergey Lazo
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1967
  • The Last Night in Paradise
    • Director
    • 1964
  • Stone Kilometers
    • Director
    • 1962
  • There Will Be No Leave Today (1959)
    There Will Be No Leave Today
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Director (as A. Gordon)
    • 1959
  • The Killers (1956)
    The Killers
    6.5
    Short
    • Director (as A. Gordon)
    • 1956

Writer

  • Andrei Tarkovsky in Andrei Tarkovsky's Taiga Summer (1994)
    Andrei Tarkovsky's Taiga Summer
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1994
  • There Will Be No Leave Today (1959)
    There Will Be No Leave Today
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • screenplay (as A. Gordon)
    • 1959
  • The Killers (1956)
    The Killers
    6.5
    Short
    • screenplay (as A. Gordon)
    • 1956

Actor

  • There Will Be No Leave Today (1959)
    There Will Be No Leave Today
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Military Engineer (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • The Killers (1956)
    The Killers
    6.5
    Short
    • George
    • 1956

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • A. Gordon
  • Born
    • December 26, 1931
    • Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
  • Died
    • December 7, 2020
  • Spouse
    • Marina Tarkovskaya? - December 7, 2020 (his death, 2 children)
  • Children
    • Mikhail Tarkovsky
  • Other works
    He did the Russian dubbing for Andrei Tarkovsky's last two films, Nostalgia (1983) (from Italian) and The Sacrifice (1986) (from Swedish).

Did you know

  • Trivia
    His wife, writer and linguist Marina Tarkovskaya, is the younger sister of filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. Gordon met her while he was a student at VGIK film school, a classmate of her brother, with whom Gordon collaborated on several student films.
  • Quotes
    [on Mikhail Vartanov's film Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992)] "...this film is a gift, a treasure for the soul. Here the art of cinema reveals its very best qualities..."
  • Nickname
    • Alexander Godron

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Recently viewed

You have no recently viewed pages
Get the IMDb app
Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
Follow IMDb on social
Get the IMDb app
For Android and iOS
Get the IMDb app
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • License IMDb Data
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2026 by IMDb.com, Inc.