Aleksandrs Leimanis (17 October 1913, in the village Gabrilovo,

Smolensk Governorate Smolensk Governorate (russian: Смоленская губерния, Smolenskaja gubernija), or the Government of Smolensk, was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Russian SFSR. It ex ...

– 17 June 1990 in

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

) was a

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. His film work spanned the

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, during which he directed over 15 films, including the cult classics ''

The Devil's Servants ''The Devil's Servants'' ( lv, Vella kalpi, russian: Слуги дьявола, Slugy dyavola) is a 1970 film produced and distributed by Riga Film Studio. It was written and directed by Aleksandrs Leimanis during the time Latvia was part of th ...

'' and the sequel ''

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1913 births 1990 deaths Latvian film directors Soviet film directors Burials at Forest Cemetery, Riga Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni {{USSR-film-director-stub