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The Russian-Irish filmmaker whose magical movies shaped Soviet childhoods Making miracles, witches and kings for a Communist society: Alexander Rou, whose father was from Wexford town, became a celebrated filmmaker in the USSR about 3 hours ago   In the early 1960s the Rowe family of Wexford placed an advert in a Soviet newspaper seeking to make contact with a cousin, Alexander, whom they believed resided somewhere in Russia. One of the family members who placed the advert, David Rowe, remembered “not really expecting that anyone would notice”. But soon, Alexander Rou, as his Irish surn...

Article content Details: on YouTube, look up “Kimberley MacGregor” and “Fill My Cup.” Morozko (1964): Having a large-number birthday on Saturday, so to deflect I’d like to give you the present of some wild Russian culture to enjoy, and for free! This 1964 weirdo masterpiece by director Alexander Rou is the swirling fairy tale of boastful Prince Ivan crossing paths with beautiful Nastya, whose stepmother is doing everything to marry off her awful daughter. The title means Father Frost, who appears about halfway through the film amid a cast of characters including a magic mushroom, a ...