Alla Ilinichna Surikova (; born November 6, 1940, in

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

) is a Soviet and Russian film director, writer, and teacher. She is a

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(2000), winner of the Award of the

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(2009), and a member of the Russian Union of Cinematographers. She is best known as the director of the

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A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines ''A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines'' () is a 1987 Red Western comedy film (Mosfilm production) directed by Alla Surikova, with nods to silent film and the transforming power of celluloid. The film had the highest ratings in the Soviet Uni ...

'' which starred famous Soviet actors including Andrei Mironov, Aleksandra Yakovleva, Nikolai Karachentsov,

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and Igor Kvasha.

Selected filmography

* '' Fuss of the Fusses'' (Суета сует, 1979) * '' Be My Husband'' (Будьте моим мужем, 1982) * '' Look for a Woman'' (Ищите женщину, 1983) * '' Sincerely Yours...'' (Искренне Ваш..., 1985) * ''

'' (1987) * '' Two arrows. Stone Age Detective'' (Две стрелы. Детектив каменного века, 1989) * '' Crazies'' (Чокнутые, 1991) * '' Moscow Vacation'' (Московские каникулы, 1995) * '' Children of Monday'' (Дети понедельника, 1997) * ''

I Want to Go to Prison ''I Want to Go to Prison'' () is a 1998 Russian comedy film directed by Alla Surikova. Plot Semyon Lyamkin (Vladimir Ilyin) is a mechanic capable of fixing and assembling anything. When his factory laid off all the workers, Semyon, the head of a ...

'' (Хочу в тюрьму, 1998)

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* 1940 births Living people Film people from Kyiv Soviet women film directors Russian women film directors Soviet screenwriters Soviet women screenwriters 20th-century Russian screenwriters People's Artists of Russia Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors alumni {{Russia-film-director-stub