Alexei Uchitel

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Aleksei Yefimovich Uchitel (Russian: Алексей Ефимович Учитель; born 31 August 1951; Leningrad) is a Russian film director, screenwriter and producer. In 2002, he received the title People's Artist of Russia. Uchitel was born on 31 August 1951 in Leningrad to the family of documentary filmmaker Yefim Uchitel. In 1975, he graduated from VGIK, worked at the Leningrad studio of documentary films. In 1990, he founded his film studio "Rock". Uchitel's directorial debut was the film Gisele's Mania. In 2000, he received the Nika Award, the Kinotavr Grand Prix and the Crystal Globe nomination for His Wife's Diary. The film was about the last love affair of Ivan Bunin. His 2003 film The Stroll was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival. His 2005 film Dreaming of Space won the Golden George at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival. In 2006, he was a member of the jury at the 28th Moscow International Film Festival. His 2010 film The Edge was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it did not make the final shortlist. His film Break Loose was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The romantic drama Matilda directed by Uchitel about the relationship between ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya and Nicholas II was released on 23 October 2017. The picture became controversial after State Duma deputy Natalia Poklonskaya led a campaign to ban the film on religious grounds.

Most Popular Alexei Uchitel Trailers

Total trailers found: 69

Rock Trailer (1988)

19 January 1988

Documentary — featuring both interviews and live footage — about underground rock music in Russia, during the last years of the Perestroika.

Семейное cчастье (Semeynoe schaste) Trailer (2025)

11 September 2025

Elephant Trailer (2010)

10 June 2010

The sad ride of driver Zarezin and Circus Girl, Bonnie, to deliver a sick circus elephant, Bodhi, to be euthanized, becomes a wondrous journey full of unexpected twists and joyous encounters that changes all three characters, human and elephant, forever.

O Sport, You Are Peace! Trailer (1981)

18 September 1981

A 1981 documentary film directed by Yuri Ozerov. It showed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow.

Mathilde Trailer (2017)

25 October 2017

It portrays the memories of Matilda Kshesinskaya and her love affair with the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II.

Captive Trailer (2008)

11 September 2008

The story of a young Chechen and his Russian captor during a war between Russia and Chechnya.

Friends from France Trailer (2013)

27 November 2013

1979: Cousins Carole and Jérôme go on an organized trip to Odessa, behind the Iron Curtain. During the day, posing as tourists celebrating their engagement, they visit monuments and museums.

To Live Trailer (2010)

11 November 2010

Early autumn, godforsaken Russian countryside. A local hunter Michail witnesses a skirmish in the middle of the forest - three men want to kill the forth, Andrey.

Little Nina & The Piano Thieves Trailer (2023)

31 August 2023

Eight-year-old Nina is an impulsive and emotional girl, quickly igniting ideas and dropping them halfway.

The Fool Trailer (2014)

09 August 2014

The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats.

Breaking Loose Trailer (2014)

08 May 2014

Four best friends. They've been to war, they've seen life, but they are still passionate, young and willing to serve their country.

Once In The Desert Trailer (2022)

17 February 2022

The films follows a Syrian War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are targeted by ISIS militants while they prepare the recently liberated historic site of Palmyra to hold a symbolic concert of the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra.

The Major Trailer (2013)

07 August 2013

On a cold winter’s day Sergey Sobolev, a major at the local police office, is driving to the hospital where his wife is about to give birth to their child.

Bite the Dust Trailer (2013)

19 May 2013

A village so small all the residents not only knows each other, but also can easily recognize the neighbor's cow face a frightful news.

His Wife's Diary Trailer (2000)

06 June 2000

A tragic story of love and loneliness - this is the unknown life of the great Russian writer Ivan Bunin.

Dreaming of Space Trailer (2005)

23 June 2005

A story of a simple, naive Russian man Konek and the people around him: his love and her sister and a mysterious man.

I'll Be Around Trailer (2012)

06 December 2012

A 30-something single mother must find adoptive parents for her son when she founds out she has an incurable illness in this family drama.

Amun Trailer (2017)

23 September 2017

A desperate Russian tourist goes to the Monastery of Temptation in Israel to find an elder healer called Amun to hopefully save his dying son s life.

The Flying Ship Trailer (2024)

21 March 2024

The Tsar is having his daughter Zabava marry a charmingly handsome and a handsomely charming Paul, a rich heir and a foreign fancy pants.

Shchedrin Suite Trailer (2023)

20 October 2023

“Shchedrin Suite” is a candid conversation with the renowned classic. On how he fell in love and was overwhelmed by the beauty of bronze hair and green eyes: the exceptional ballerina Maya Plisetskaya not only became his devoted life companion but also a cherished soul.

Mittelmarsch Trailer (2023)

28 September 2023

Petersburg was swept by a wave of an unusual cultural movement: an unknown enthusiast organizes art events, trying to draw attention to forgotten monuments.

Family Happiness Trailer (2025)

11 September 2025

After losing her parents, Masha falls in love with her guardian Sergei Mikhailovich. Masha is young, Sergei Mikhailovich is much older, and they have to go through a difficult path to understanding each other.

The Whaler Boy Trailer (2020)

08 October 2020

Everything changes in the life of a young 15-year-old Chukchi hunter Lyoshka with the advent of the Internet in the village.

The Game Trailer (2008)

29 May 2008

The film takes place at the training base of the Russian national team. The eyes of the whole country are riveted to this place, our players train here in the remaining few days before the match.

Sidney Lumet's Day of Birth Trailer (2026)

29 January 2026

Seventeen-year-old Georgian Dato and his grandmother try to find common ground in the ruins of their once large family.

Noise of Time Trailer (2026)

24 September 2026

A biopic about Soviet composer Dmitry Shostakovich.

The Sea Trailer (2013)

30 June 2013

Weary of Moscow, a young photographer sets out for the Kola Peninsula in order to document the life of the local fishing communities whose inhabitants have lived in close proximity to the sea for centuries.

Tsoi Trailer (2020)

12 November 2020

15 August 1990. Viktor Tsoi, the Soviet Union’s most famous rock star, leader of the band Kino, a symbol of freedom and change, dies in an accident on a Latvian highway.

Ortino Range Trailer (2020)

12 September 2020

The Russian North. A place of ancient forces, traditions and ceremonies. Here the song continuously accompanies man throughout life: from mortal lullaby-illusions and recruitment refrains to wedding motifs and funeral laments, helping to live through pain, to share pleasure and to comprehend life.

Enemies Trailer (2007)

23 January 2007

Belarus, summer 1942. The war has moved on, far off to the east. The life of a small town where the German authorities of the region have set themselves up is getting back to "normal".

The Edge Trailer (2010)

23 September 2010

The action takes place shortly after the end of the Second World War in the Siberian hinterland, among Russians and Germans with damaged personal stories and a strange transformation: the victors seem to be crawling into the skins of the defeated, and vice versa.

Pashki Trailer (2014)

17 November 2014

This film is about love between a father and his daughter, about the Russian soul and about the corners of the earth forgotten by civilization, where passions sometimes heat up to the limit.

The Elite Trailer (1997)

01 January 1997

Skype Trailer (2019)

06 December 2019

The film is about trying to find yourself through a relationship with relatives who are very far away.

Peculiarities of the National Hospital Trailer (2024)

03 October 2024

A young German, Werner Müller, turns out to be a volunteer in the neurological department of an ordinary St.

Streltsov Trailer (2020)

24 September 2020

By the age of twenty, Eduard Streltsov has everything one can dream of: talent, fame and love. He is the rising star of Soviet football.

The Battle Trailer (2019)

29 August 2019

The dreams of passionate street dancer Anton are crushed when an accidental injury makes him deaf. But it is exactly at this difficult time that he meets his true love and finds his vocation.

The Stroll Trailer (2003)

20 September 2003

Today’s twenty-something Russians are the first generation in the country’s post-communist history to have grown up free.

The Dry Valley Trailer (2012)

15 March 2012

This story unites the destinies of the landowners and their servants, and is considered to be one of the most complete portraits of the Russian life in the late XIX century.

Leningrad Trailer (1978)

14 June 1978

Last Hero Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

The portrait of the creator of the Kino group, consisting of the thoughts and memories of people who loved him, appears before the audience as a musical prophecy of a talented artist about his own life.

Pavlov's Dog Trailer (2005)

01 December 2005

Two twenty-year-olds meet each other in the sanatorium and fall in love. Ksenia is an alchoholic, Maxim is suicidal.

Call Myshkin Trailer (2018)

03 December 2018

All his life Myshkin was dreaming about becoming an actor. And now eight years old Dasha is trying to help him.

On This Land Trailer (2025)

24 April 2025

In late 18th-century Russia, village life is shaped by a fusion of rural superstitions, pagan beliefs and traces of Orthodox Christianity.

The Connection Trailer (2006)

29 June 2006

Ilya lives in Moscow; Nina lives in St. Petersburg. Ilya has a beautiful wife and a daughter; Nina's husband is an artist, and they have a young son.

Butterfly Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

Roman Viktyuk is either hated or adored. But the eccentricity, the dissimilarity to everything of his work is recognized by everyone.

Gisele's Mania Trailer (1995)

06 June 1995

A detective-dramatic chronicle of love adventures of the famous Russian ballerina Olga Spesivtseva, nicknamed by contemporaries Red Giselle.

Mitki in Europe, Yolly-pally Trailer (1990)

30 October 1990

Film about Mitki - a creative group of St. Petersburg artists, writers and musicians who joined them, - went on a trip to Europe.

Leningrad the Hero City Trailer (1975)

22 May 1975

The film tells about the heroic struggle of the Leningraders during the siege, about the defenders of Leningrad, and about various aspects of life in the city today.

Barren Blossom Trailer (2024)

23 October 2024

Today the weather was warm. I dressed warmly. At three o’clock, I made a candle at Anya’s—and then drowned it.

Zemun Trailer (2021)

28 August 2021

Having learned from his younger brother Pashka about the mysterious death of his father, Yegor returns to his native village after many years of absence.

Lenechka Trailer (2023)

20 October 2023

Leonid Desyatnikov is the most played Russian composer of today. Unparalleled, his music is performed all over the world from the Bolshoi Theatre and Paris’s Opéra Garnier to Milan’s La Scala and New York’s Carnegie Hall.

How Many People at the Disco Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

About the best discos in the USSR - in Moscow, Riga, Novosibirsk, Dubna, etc., with comments by the Deputy Minister of Culture of the USSR Golubtsova G.

The Road To Trailer (2012)

24 May 2012

Big cities are full of lonely people.

Obvodny Canal Trailer (1990)

01 January 1990

On the banks of the Obvodny Canal in St. Petersburg there are three crazy houses, three Houses of Culture, a spiritual academy, a pub .

Niche Trailer (2023)

16 November 2023

Inspired by the words of a random beauty, Slava quits his job as a freight forwarder and his wife Masha, who does not understand him, for the sake of a dream of becoming a professional psychic.

7 Main Wishes Trailer (2013)

12 December 2013

On a New year Eve Masha gets a bird which is ready to fulfill her 7 wishes...

Sententia Trailer (2020)

17 December 2020

Devoted to the last days of Soviet writer, poet, and Gulag survivor Varlam Shalamov, this film follows the efforts of two of Shalamov’s most devoted admirers to preserve the author’s legacy.

No problems Trailer (2012)

21 June 2012

Portrait of a generation of modern young people. Each of them is asked only one question: "What do you care about most of all? What do you worry about?".

As If Waiting For A Bus Trailer (2009)

08 December 2009

Provinces. Winter. Evening. Bus stop. A car with young guys stops near a beautiful young girl. What happens next, in the literal and figurative sense, happens to everyone.