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Viktor Aristov‌

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Viktor Aristov

Budyonnovka, Kirghiz SSR, USSR

Viktor Aristov

Budyonnovka, Kirghiz SSR, USSR

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1943-06-09

Popularity

star1.6

Biography

Viktor Fyodorovich Aristov (Russian: Виктор Фёдорович Аристов; 9 June 1943 – 2 January 1994; Budyonnovka) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed five films between 1980 and 1994. His 1991 film Satan was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize. He was born on June 9, 1943 in the village of Budyonny of the Kyrgyz SSR. Prior to studying at the Institute, he worked as a stage driver at the Dzhambul Regional Drama Theater, a track worker at the tram and trolleybus department in Leningrad, a senior engineer at the A. Herzen Pedagogical Institute. In 1968, he graduated in absentia from the directing department of the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography (LGITMIK). As an assistant, he helped director Ilya Averbakh on the set of the film "Drama from Ancient Life", and as a second director he worked together with Alexey Herman, Sergei Mikaelyan, Joseph Heifitz. In addition, he starred in several films, including Kira Muratova in "Asthenic Syndrome" and "Learning the White World", Igor Maslennikov in "Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Bloody inscription", by Sergey Snezhkin in "The Non-Returnee". In 1978, based on the story of Vasily Shukshin, he directed the short film "Brothers-in-Law", which was released only in 1987. In 1979, he wrote the script for the film by Dinara Asanova "The Wife is Gone". Fame came to director Viktor Aristov after the release of the film "Gunpowder". This work was awarded the Main Prize of the Leningrad Young Cinema Festival in 1987. Interest was also aroused by the director's new picture — "It's Difficult for the first hundred years", and Viktor Aristov's next work, the psychological thriller "Satan", shot by him according to his own script, won the Silver Bear prize at the 1991 Berlin Film Festival. While working on the film "Rains in the Ocean", the director died, and the shooting of this picture was completed by Yuri Mamin. He was buried at the Komarovsky cemetery (Komarovo village, St. Petersburg).

Movie Credits

No Return

No Return‌
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calendar 1991

Help Me, Bros!

Help Me, Bros!‌
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calendar 1988

Change of Fortune

Change of Fortune‌
star3.9
calendar 1987

Go And Don't Look Back

Go And Don't Look Back‌
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calendar 1992

Among Grey Stones

Among Grey Stones‌
star3.7
calendar 1983

The Asthenic Syndrome

The Asthenic Syndrome‌
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calendar 1989

Getting to Know the Big Wide World

Getting to Know the Big Wide World‌
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calendar 1978

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Acquaintance

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Acquaintance‌
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calendar 1980

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Bloody Inscription

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Bloody Inscription‌
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calendar 1980

Tv Credits

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson‌
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calendar 1980

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson‌
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calendar 1980