Alexander Burdonsky
Alexander Vasilyevich Burdonsky was a Russian theater and film director and grandson of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin. He directed more than 20 plays at The Moscow Theater, and also directed films including Playing On the Keys of The Soul and This Madman Platanov. In 1996, Burdonsky was awarded the People's Artist of Russia Award for his works.
Burdonsky died of cancer on May 23, 2017 at the age of 75. He was predeceased in 2006 by his wife,, a Lithuanian teacher and theatre director.
