Alexander Popov (film)
Alexander Popov (Russian: Александр Попов) is a 1949 biographical film about the life and work of Alexander Stepanovich Popov, who was the notable physicist and electrical engineer, and early developer of radio communication.
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| Directed by | Gerbert Rappaport Viktor Eysymont |
| Written by | Alexander Razumovsky |
| Starring | Nikolai Cherkasov Yefim Kopelyan Aleksandr Borisov Bruno Freindlich Yury Tolubeyev Osip Abdulov |
| Cinematography | Anatoli Nazarov Yevgeni Shapiro |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Synopsis
In the process of scientific search the talent and the power of observation of Popov allowed him to complete a number of unique discoveries. The wireless telegraph invented by him was used for the first time in the heaviest conditions of the polar north, for rescuing people, which proved to be themselves on the ice floe in the open ocean...
Cast
- Nikolay Cherkasov as Aleksandr Stepanovich Popov
- Aleksandr Borisov as Rybkin (as A. Borisov)
- Konstantin Skorobogatov as Admiral Makarov (as K. Skorobogatov)
- Ilya Sudakov as Mendeleyev (as I. Sudakov)
- Yuriy Tolubeev as Petrushevsky (as Yu. Tolubeyev)
- Vladimir Chestnokov as Lyuboslavsky (as V. Chestnokov)
- Kseniya Blagoveshchenskaya as Raisa Alekseevna (as K. Blagoveshchenskaya)
- Leonid Vivyen as Tyrtov (as L. Viven)
- Bruno Freindlikh as Marconi (as B. Freyndlikh)
- Osip Abdulov as Isaacs (as O. Abdulov)
Awards
In 1951 for this film both directors, both operators and main actors (Cherkasov, Skorobogatov, Freindlich, Borisov) received the Stalin Prize of 2nd degree.
External links
- Alexander Popov on IMDb
- Alexander Popov at AllMovie
- Film Alexander Popov watchable and downloadable with Esperanto subtitles
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