1978Nominee
Career Highlight
Theatre
Aleksandrs Leimanis
Director · Writer
Gavrilovo, Smolenskaya guberniya, Russian Empire
September 17, 1913
Biography
Aleksandrs Leimanis directed his first film at the age of 50, having previously worked in various Latvian theatres and in film dubbing. He had a rash and unpredictable nature, talented ideas and energy, but the work process was always complicated.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1968Nominee
Best Director
Wagtail's Army Fighting Again
1972Nominee
Best Director
Devil's Servants on a Devil's Mill
Career Highlights
1976Highlight
Best Director
In a Claws of a Black Cancer
1979Highlight
Career Highlight
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