Aleksei Kapler

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Aleksei Yakovlevich Kapler (also Alexei, Russian: Алексей Яковлевич Каплер; Kiev, 11 October (O.S. 28 September) 1904 - Moscow, 11 September 1979 ) was a Soviet filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, and writer. He is also known for his brief romance with Joseph Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva.

Filmography

• 1926 Shinel (The Overcoat) (actor)
• 1930 Pravo Na Zhenshchinu (A Licence to Have a Woman) (silent film, Ukrainfilm studio, Kiev, director), shown at the XXV Moscow International Film Festival, 2003
• 1931 Shakhta 12-28 (Mine 12-28) (director)
• 1939 Lenin v 1918 Godu (Lenin in 1918) (screenwriter)
• 1942 Slavny Maly (A Good Lad) (screenwriter)
• 1943 Den za Dnyom (Day After Day) (screenwriter)
• 1957 Za Vitrinoy Univermaga (Behind Show-Window) (screenwriter)
• 1976 Sinyaya Ptitsa (The Blue Bird) (screenwriter)
• 1987 Soshedshie s nebes (Descended From the Heavens), Lenfilm studio, is based on Kapler's story , Two of Twenty Millions.
• 1996 Vozvrashchenie bronenostsa (Return of the Battleship) is based on Kapler's story, Return of the Battleship