Aleksander Ford was born on November 24, 1908 in Kyiv, Kyiv Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Fünf aus der Barskastraße (1954), Die Kreuzritter (1960) and Der achte Wochentag (1958). He was married to Eleanor Griswold, Olga Minska and Janina Wieczerzynska. He died on April 4, 1980 in Naples, Florida, USA.
