Aleksandr Zarkhi

Born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire on February 5, 1908 — died January 27, 1997 (aged 88)

Aleksandr Grigoryevich Zarkhi was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR. Hero of Socialist Labour. His film Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival in 1981.