Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799–1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.
Pushkin was born into Russian nobility in Moscow. His maternal great-grandfather was Central-African-born general Abram Petrovich Gannibal. He published his first poem at the age of 15, and was widely recognized by the literary establishment by the time of his graduation from the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. Upon graduation, Pushkin recited his controversial poem ‘Ode to Liberty’, that led to his exile by Tsar Alexander I. While under the strict surveillance of the Tsar’s political police, Pushkin wrote his most famous play, the drama ‘Boris Godunov’. In 1820, he published his first long poem, ‘Ruslan and Ludmila’, with much controversy about its subject and style. His novel in verse, ‘Eugene Onegin’, was serialized between 1825 and 1832.
Critics consider many of his works masterpieces, such as the poem ‘The Bronze Horseman’ and the drama ‘The Stone Guest’, a tale of the fall of Don Juan. His poetic short drama ‘Mozart and Salieri’ was the inspiration for Peter Shaffer’s ‘Amadeus’ as well as providing the libretto (almost verbatim) to Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera ‘Mozart and Salieri’. Pushkin is also known for his short stories. In particular his cycle ‘The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin’, including ‘The Shot’ and ‘The Stationmaster’, and ‘The Queen of Spades’, a story frequently anthologized in English translation.
Alexander Pushkin Biography / Wiki
Name | Alexander Pushkin |
Also Know | Alexandr Pushkin, Aleksandr Pushkin, ÐлекÑандр Сергеевич Пушкин, ÐлекÑандр Пушкин, Aleksander Pushkin, Alexandr SergejeviÄ PuÅ¡kin |
Gender | Male |
Known For | Writing |
Place of Birth | Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia] |
Date of Birth | 1799-06-06 |
Age(as in 2022) | 37 |
Deathday | 1837-02-10 |
Writing
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
The Queen of Spades | Story | 1949-03-16 | An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. An army officer, who is also a fan… |
The Station Master | Story | 1972-08-25 | In the early 19th century a traveler returns to the remote outpost he’d visited years before, anxious to see the station master’s lovely daughter … |
Ruslan and Ludmila | Novel | 1972-10-12 | The film is based on the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin’s poem of the same name. In the midst of the wedding party of Prince Ruslan and Ludmi… |
Lady Into Lassie | Novel | 1995-05-26 | Based on a famous short story by Pushkin, this film tells of a youthful, innocent and pure love story that begins as a girlish joke. Liza is eager to … |
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish | Writer | 1937-01-24 | Adaptation of Pushkin’s fairy tales. The tale is about a fisherman who manages to catch a Golden Fish which promises to fulfill any wish of his in exc… |
Tempest | Novel | 1958-12-01 | A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station at a remote outpost. During a blinding snowstorm he c… |
The Queen of Spades | Story | 1965-12-29 | A gambling countess comes by a secret three card combination that wins her a fortune, but she is allowed to use it only once and not gamble again. Sh… |
Dubrovsky | Novel | 2014-03-06 | A modern take on the classic novel by Alexander Pushkin. Vladimir is a successful banker and a regular at trendy night clubs. Masha is a diligent grad… |
A Pistol Shot | Story | 1942-08-31 | Count Anikoff, a Russian officer, challenges his best friend, Sergei, to a duel when he finds him courting the young woman he, too, is in love with. S… |
The Queen of Spades | Original Story | 1937-07-01 | Russia, 1835. Lieutenant Hermann, a compulsive gambler, is fascinated by an infallible martingale held by Countess Tomski, nicknamed The Queen of Spad… |
The Captain’s Daughter | Novel | 1958-12-12 | A tale based on a classic novel by Alexander Pushkin…. |
Bells of Autumn | Novel | 1979-02-01 | A musical fairytale based on the poem “The Tale of the Dead Princess” by Alexander Pushkin…. |
The Tale of Tsar Saltan | Novel | 1966-05-13 | A fairytale based on Alexander Pushkin novel…. |
The Eagle | Story | 1925-11-08 | Vladimir Dubrouvsky, a lieutenant in the Russian army, catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II. He spurns her advances and flees, and she puts out a w… |
The Postmaster | Story | 1940-04-23 | When two Russian captains of cavalry came to a German post station one of them recalls what happened long time ago. He begins to tell the story: Ten y… |
The Captain’s Daughter | Novel | 1947-10-08 | A peasant leader under the enlightened despotism of Empress Catherine the Great, and a love story…. |
The Blizzard | Novel | 1964-10-27 | Short story “Metel” from volume “Povesti Belkina”…. |
Boris Godunov | Novel | 1986-05-01 | Praised for its fine photography and production design if not its narrative, Sergei Bondarchuk directed this adaptation of the tale by Alexander Pushk… |
Volga in Flames | Story | 1934-02-09 | Lieutenant Orloff, a recently graduated Russian officier, is making his way across the snow-covered steppes to the garrison where he is to be statione… |
Pique Dame | Original Story | 1992-06-29 | Filmed at the 1992 Glyndebourne Festival in Lewes, England, this production won unanimous critical acclaim for its innovative interpretation of Tchaik… |
The Water Nymph | Theatre Play | 1910-04-12 | “Rusalka” or “Mermaid” based on Pushkin, an opera by Dargomizhsky, and other sources: A prince and a miller’s daughter have been involved in a romance… |
The Queen of Spades | Story | 1910-11-30 | Based on Pushkin’s short story: When his friends play faro, Germann always enjoys watching, but he never gambles himself. One day, as he is watching t… |
Mozart and Salieri | Original Story | 1962-11-19 | Film version of the Rimsky Korsakov opera from the Pushkin story. Motsart i Salyeri (Mozart and Salieri), based on a legend that Salieri poisoned Moza… |
The Captain’s Daughter | Novel | 1928-10-08 | An adaptation of Pushkin’s historical novel about the Pugachev’s Rebellion in 1773–1774…. |
Eugene Onegin | Writer | 2007-07-29 | The Wiener Philharmoniker mounts, and Andrea Breth stages, this 2007 production of Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin, starring Peter Matt… |
Boris Godunov | Writer | 1987-01-01 | Mussorgsky’s quintessential Russian opera is captured live on stage in this performance by the Bolshoi Opera featuring Rimsky-Korsakov’s revised visio… |
Boris Godunov | Writer | 1990-01-01 | Modest Mussorgsky’s opera in prologue and four acts is performed by the Kirov Opera with performances from Olga Borodina, Alexei Steblianko and Sergei… |
Boris Godunov | Writer | 1978-01-01 | Universally acknowledged as the greatest of all Russian operas, this is a faithful and often dazzling production of the standard Rimsky-Korsakov versi… |
Ruslan and Lyudmila | Original Story | 1996-01-01 | Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka’s magical masterpiece in its entirety, inspired by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin’s poem of a Russian tale. An evil sorcerer C… |
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov | Original Story | 2010-10-23 | Stephen Wadsworth’s production of Mussorgsky’s epic masterpiece brilliantly captures the suffering and ambition of the Russian people at a critica… |
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin | Original Story | 2013-10-05 | The imperious Onegin rejects naive Tatiana’s proposal of love and also incites a duel with his best friend turned rival Lenski (Piotr Beczala). This s… |
Eugene Onegin | Original Story | 2008-07-01 | Live performance by the Bolshoi Theatre at the Palais Garnier, Opéra National de Paris, 2008…. |
Eugene Onegin | Original Story | 2016-02-15 | Live performance from the Komische Oper Berlin, February 15 2016…. |
Eugene Onegin | Original Story | 2016-07-01 | Live performance for Garsington Opera, June-July, 2016…. |
The Tale About the Dead Princess and Seven Strong Men | Novel | 1951-01-01 | Animated film based on the story of Alexander Pushkin. The new king’s wife wants to get rid of their stepdaughter and expels it to certain death in th… |
Queen of Spades | Novel | 2016-11-17 | Once upon a time, the great soprano Sofia Mayer conquered the world with her voice, her beauty and the legend she carefully built around herself. Now … |
Eugene Onegin | Novel | 1959-03-08 | Eugene Onegin, a jaded young dandy from the big city of St. Petersburg, travels to the country to ingratiate himself into the affection of a dying unc… |
The Postmaster’s Daughter | Short Story | 1938-03-03 | A small town postal official allows a military officer to sweep his lovely daughter away to St. Petersburg, assuming the man will do the right thing a… |
Cross of Love | Novel | 1946-03-08 | The daughter of a lighthouse keeper runs away with a shipwrecked businessman to the city. But instead of her dreams, she ends up selling herself in th… |
About the Fisherman and the Fish | Writer | 2002-01-01 | A Russian stop-motion adaptation of The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish…. |
Ðлеко | Writer | 1953-01-01 | The history of the gypsy Aleko who couldn’t forgive the betrayal of his wife…. |
The Queen of Spades | Story | 1916-04-01 | While hosting a game of cards one night, Narumov tells his friends a story about his grandmother, a Countess. As a young woman, she had once incurred … |
Tale About Czar Pyotr Arranging Arap’s Wedding | Writer | 1976-06-06 | Peter the Great takes a Russian man of African heritage – Ibrahim Petrovich Hannibal – under his wing as the tsar builds his grand navy. After having … |
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov | Original Story | 2018-06-07 | There are elements of Macbeth in this political fable, in which the ghost of the child that Boris has had killed in order to seize the throne appears … |
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin | Original Story | 2017-05-16 | Inspired by Pushkin’s masterpiece of Russian literature, Tchaikovsky’s opera provides a sublime portrait – both ironic and sympathetic – of a ch… |
Little Tragedies | Novel | 1980-06-30 | A feature film based on the three-part adaptation of the poetic and dramatic cycle of Alexander Pushkin… |
The Tale of Tsar Saltan | Novel | 1984-01-01 | Tale – this is what is everyone from childhood. Give yourself a chance to once again return to the magical world created by Alexander Pushkin. Advent… |
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish | Novel | 1950-01-01 | The tale about an old, henpecked man whose new friend fulfills all desires of his wife…. |
The Tale of the Golden Rooster | Novel | 1967-01-01 | A satirical fairy tale about an old tsar Dadon and a golden cockerel who guarded the borders of his kingdom…. |
Сказка о попе и его работнике Балде | Novel | 1940-10-22 | … |
Сказка о попе и о работнике его Балде | Novel | 1956-03-04 | … |
The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda | Novel | 1973-01-01 | A popular Soviet cartoon based on the classic fairy tale The Tale of the Priest and of his Workman Balda. The film is notable for its songs performed … |
The Stationmaster | Novel | 1925-09-22 | A small town postal official allows a military officer to take his lovely daughter away to St. Petersburg, assuming the man will do the right thing an… |
The Captain’s Daughter | Writer | 1978-06-05 | TV show based on the novel of the same name by Alexander Pushkin…. |
Eugene Onegin | Story | 1911-03-14 | … |
Boris Godunov | Original Story | 2004-01-01 | The libretto is by Mussorgsky himself and takes the eponymous “romantic tragedy†by the celebrated Russian poet Alexander Pushkin as its starting … |
Dubrovskiy | Writer | 1936-02-16 | Peasant rebelling, pictures of folk anger – here accent that had to put Ivanovo in a new film. The manuscript of novel was found post mortem Pushkin i… |
Shot | Novel | 1966-04-29 | After receiving a slap in the face, Officer Silvio challenges the offending Count to a duel. However, urgent circumstances force the officer to leave,… |
Russian Riot | Novel | 2000-04-28 | The end of the XVIII century. The reign of Catherine II. In the deep Russian provinces, among the vast steppes of the Ural escaped convict Yemelyan Pu… |
Skazka o spyashchei i tsarevne i semi bogatryakh | Story | 1914-12-29 | … |
Boris Godunov | Story | 1911-01-01 | This film consists of a single dramatized scene from Pushkin’s play of the same name…. |
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Little Fish | Story | 1911-01-01 | An adaptation of the fairy tale by Alexander Pushkin…. |
The Queen of Spades | Story | 1927-08-01 | The Queen of Spades or Pique Dame is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Aleksandr Razumnyj and starring Jenny Jugo, Rudolf Forster and Henri … |
Krasavice KaÅ¥a | Short Story | 1921-01-01 | … |
Queen of Spades | Writer | 1960-10-27 | Screen adaptation of Tchaikovsky’s opera based on the Aleksandr Pushkin short story of the same name…. |
Devil, I’m Bored | Writer | 1993-12-31 | Homeless, all thrown Mephistopheles is suffering from idleness and boredom. In a market where you can buy everything – from gralic to books on Russian… |
The Queen of Spades | Short Story | 1982-11-21 | Hermann is an officer of the engineers in the Imperial Russian Army. He constantly watches the other officers gamble, but never plays himself. One nig… |
Mazeppa | Writer | 1997-07-09 | Valery Gergiev directs the Kirov Opera and Ballet in this dramatic staging of Tchaikovsky’s rarely performed historical opera, based on Pushkin’s vers… |
With You I Am Again… | Original Concept | 1980-01-01 | The second part of a trilogy of films based on Pushkin’s drawings, poems and letters…. |
I Am Tlying to You as a Memory… | Original Concept | 1977-01-01 | The film is based on the drawings and manuscripts of A.S.Pushkin…. |
Autumn | Original Concept | 1982-01-01 | The third film of the biographical cycle based on Pushkin’s drawings and texts…. |
Благородный разбойник Владимир ДубровÑкий | Novel | 1990-01-16 | … |
Onegin | Novel | 1999-12-22 | In the opulent St. Petersburg of the Empire period, Eugene Onegin is a jaded but dashing aristocrat – a man often lacking in empathy, who suffers from… |
Большой балет: ÐŸÐ¸ÐºÐ¾Ð²Ð°Ñ Ð´Ð°Ð¼Ð°/ПаÑÑÐ°ÐºÐ°Ð»ÑŒÑ | Original Story | 2005-05-19 | Pique Dame (or “The Queen of Spades”) inspired by Alexander Pushkin, set to a music by Tchaikovsky; Passacaglia (or “Passacaille”) set to a music by A… |
WystrzaÅ‚ | Novel | 1966-04-18 | … |
Ðти… три верные карты… | Story | 1989-01-01 | … |
Dobrodruh a kavalÃr | Book | 1974-01-01 | … |
Aquila Nera | Novel | 1946-09-21 | An evil Czarist landowner had mistreated the father and friends of an officer.The officer wreaks vengeance by committing masked coach robberies and in… |
Eugene Onegin | Writer | 1994-01-01 | The cynical young Onegin rejects Tatyana, a dreamy, bookish country girl. But Onegin lives to regret it when, years later, he re-encounters Tatyana, n… |
Tears of Blood | Story | 1972-11-16 | A story of love between French student Alain and German high school student Christine…. |
Sensuela | Novel | 1973-05-29 | Laila is an innocent Lappish girl and the only daughter of a reindeer herder. During world war II Laila rescues crashed German fighter pilot Hans and … |
Kamenný host | Theatre Play | 1965-11-22 | … |
Evžen OnÄ›gin | Novel | 1967-02-08 | … |
Dubrowsky | Novel | 1959-02-11 | Dubrowsky (Italian: Il vendicatore) is a 1959 Italian- Yugoslav historical period drama film directed by William Dieterle. It is based on the novel Du… |
Novel | Italian miniseries based upon the novel by Alexander Pushkin…. | ||
Novel | … | ||
Short Story | Christopher Lee hosts this horror anthology series from Poland with stories from various classic authors…. | ||
Other Info
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
The Brigand Brothers | Poem | 1911-01-01 | Based on the poem by Pushkin. A thief and his gang are at their camp next to the Volga River. He tells them of how his father died in a river, and how… |
Mazeppa | Poem | 1909-11-09 | Mazepa, the Ukrainian governor is in love with his goddaughter Maria. He quickly wins her heart. But her old father treats the wooer harshly… Maria … |
The Little House in Kolomna | Poem | 1913-10-09 | Based on the story by Pushkin. Pretty young Parasha is living with her widowed mother. Parasha diligently takes care of many household tasks, but she … |
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