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Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)

Born in Engels, an autonomous region for ethnic Germans on the Volga river, Alfred Schnittke trained as a pianist in Vienna, Austria, where his father served as a correspondent for a Soviet newspaper. In 1953, he moved on to the Moscow Conservatory and served on its faculty from 1962 to 1972. Schnittke wrote over 60 film scores between 1961 and 1984... See full bio »

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(age 63) in Hamburg, Germany

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Filmography

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2012 Fallen Actress (short) (post-production)
 
2004 The Ninth Day
 
2002 Lyubov imperatora (TV series)
 
1999 Gamis sizmrebi (TV movie) (archive footage)
 
1997 Hantises
 
1995 Nasty Love
 
1993 The Last Bolshevik (documentary)
 
1992 Presence
 
1989 Black Square (documentary)
 
1989 Inoy (short)
 
1988 Balkon
 
1985 The Favorite
 
1984 Dead Souls (TV mini-series)
 
1983 Krepysh
 
1983 Zvezdopad
 
1983 Proshchanie
 
1982 Osen (short)
 
1981 Rasputin
 
1980 Ekipazh
 
1980 I s vami snova ya (short)
 
1980 Larisa (short)
 
1979 Father Sergius
 
1979 Fantazii Faryateva (TV movie)
 
1979 Malenkie tragedii (TV mini-series)
 
1978 Goroda i gody
 
1977 The Ascent
 
1977 Ya k vam lechu vospominanem (short)
 
1976 The White Ship
 
1976 Klouny i deti
 
1974 Osen
 
1974 Goryachiy sneg
 
1974 Vybor tseli
 
1972 Chayka
 
1972 Butterfly (short)
 
1972 Pro chudaka lyagushonka (short) (as A. Shnitke)
 
1971 Dyadya Vanya
 
1971 Ty i ya
 
1970 Armoire (short)
 
1970 Sport, sport, sport (documentary) (as A. Schnittke)
 
1969 Shestoye iyulya
 
1969 Ballerina on the Boat (short)
 
1968 Dnevnye zvyozdy
 
1968 The Glass Harmonica (short)
 
1967 Dom i khozyain (as A. Shnitke)
 
1967 The Commissar
 
1967 Nachalo nevedomogo veka (segment "Angel")
 
1963 Vyzyvaem ogon na sebya (TV mini-series)
 
1962 Vstuplenie
 
1927 The End of St. Petersburg (1992)
 
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2011 Orson Welles's the Other Side of the Wind: A Film by Orson Welles (short) (writer: "Collected Songs Where Every Verse Is Filled With Grief")
 
2007 Crossing the Line (documentary) (writer: "Requiem")
 
1992 Matias Keskisen kuviteltu elämä (documentary) (writer: "Concerto grosso Nr. 1", "In Memoriam", "Concerto grosso Nr. 3", "Concerto grosso Nr. 4 / Sinfonie Nr. 3")
 
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1982 Karandash i lastik (short) (composer: source music - as A. Shnitke)
 

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