Aleksei Kapler was born on September 28, 1904 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a writer and director, known for Lenin in October (1937), Lenin in 1918 (1939) and Amphibian Man (1962). He was married to Valentina Tokarskaya. He died on September 11, 1979 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].