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name: "Aleksandr Misharin"
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born: "6 April 1939"
died: "13 April 2008"
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updated: "2026-09-21T03:34:21.062578+00:00"
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# Aleksandr Misharin

Writer. Born 6 April 1939 in Moscow. Died 13 April 2008.

## Details

- **Born:** 6 April 1939, Moscow
- **Died:** 13 April 2008
- **Also known as:** А. Мишарин
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Misharin_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2833915, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0592735/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55517

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Solaris*](https://film.one/film/solaris-1972.md) (87)

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## Biography

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Misharin (also credited as A. Misharin) was a Soviet and Russian screenwriter, playwright, novelist and actor. Born in Moscow on 6 April 1939, he graduated from the Shchepkin Theatre School in 1960 and later studied at the Higher Courses for Screenwriters and Directors.

He was a close collaborator of Andrei Tarkovsky, co-writing the screenplay for *Mirror* (1975) and appearing in small roles in both *Solaris* (1972), as Shanakhan, Chairman of the Anri Berton Commission, and *Mirror*. Misharin wrote more than thirty plays and screenplays, often with Andrei Veytsler, and served as senior editor of Russian periodicals. He received the title of Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation in 2000 and died in Moscow on 13 April 2008.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, ru.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Solaris* (1972), Fi1m 87, as Shanahan, Chairman of the Anri Berton Commission — [page](https://film.one/film/solaris-1972.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Princesses* (1990), Author
- *Due to a Transfer to Another Job* (1988), Screenplay
- *To My People!* (1983), Writer
- *February Wind* (1982), Writer
- *Horses Aren't Changed at the Crossing* (1980), Writer
- *All Day Long* (1978), Author
- *The Whiskered Nanny* (1977), Writer
- *My Calling* (1976), Writer
- *Mirror* (1975), as Doctor · Writer
- *Solaris* (1972), as Shanahan, Chairman of the Anri Berton Commission — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/solaris-1972.md)
- *Chermen* (1970), Writer
- *The Grey Illness* (1966), Screenplay

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