
Person
Aleksei Kapler
Writing · 1904–1979 · Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Biography
Aleksei (born Lazar) Yakovlevich Kapler (also Alexei, Russian: Алексей (born Лазарь) Яковлевич Каплер) (15 September 1903, Kiev – 11 September 1979) was a prominent Soviet filmmaker, screenwriter, actor and writer. He was known as screenwriter of many Soviet movies, such as Lenin in 1918, Amphibian Man, The Blue Bird and Striped Trip, as well as one of the anchors and directors of TV program Kinopanorama (a cinema overview). In 1941, Kapler was awarded the Stalin Prize.
Known for

Arsenal
Assistant Director

Vera, Nadezhda, Lyubov
Screenplay

Striped Trip
Writer

Concert for the Front
Writer

The Blue Bird
Writer

Lenin in October
Writer

A Good Lad
Writer
In the Last Days of Summer
Writer

Amphibian Man
Screenplay

Lenin in 1918
Writer
Filmography
- 1996Return of the "Battleship"Short Story
- 1987Descended from HeavenBook
- 1985Hero of Her RomanceShort Story
- 1979In the Last Days of SummerWriter
- 1976Mayakovsky Laughs
- 1976The Blue BirdWriter
- 1972Vera, Nadezhda, LyubovScreenplay
- 1970One Hour With KozintsevSelf
- 1963I Accept the FightScreenplay
- 1962Amphibian ManScreenplay
- 1961Two LivesWriter
- 1961Striped TripWriter
- 1957An Unusual SummerScreenplay
- 1956First JoysScreenplay
- 1956Behind Show WindowsWriter
- 1943No Greater LoveScreenplay
- 1943KotovskyWriter
- 1942Concert for the FrontWriter
- 1942One Day of WarWriter
- 1942A Good LadWriter
- 1941Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #5Writer
- 1939Lenin in 1918Writer
- 1937Lenin in OctoberWriter
- 1937The MinersWriter
- 1935The Sixth SenseScreenplay
- 1930Right to a WomanWriter
- 1929ArsenalAssistant Director
- 1926The Overcoat'Not important person' / 'Very important person'
- 1926The Devil's Wheel
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