Aleksandr Alov was born on September 26, 1923 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Teheran 43 (1981), Mir vkhodyashchemu (1961) and Die Flucht (1971). He died on December 12, 1983 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].