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Leonid Trauberg
Leonid Zakharovich Trauberg (, 17 January 1902 – 14 November 1990) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1924 and 1961 and was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941. Trauberg was Jewish, and was fiercely attacked by Soviet authorities during the so-called "anti-cosmopolitan" period following World War II. Biography Leonid Trauberg was born 17 January 1902 (there is conflicting information that he was born the previous year) in Odessa. His father, Zahar Davidovich Trauberg (1879, Odessa – 1932, Leningrad) was a publisher and a journalist, an employee of "Southern Review" and "New Gazette" newspaper (1918), later director of the printing house LUCS (Leningrad Union of Consumer Societies) in Leshtukov Lane, 13; mother, Emilia Solomonovna Weiland (1881, Bessarabia Orhei – 1934, Leningrad), was a homemaker. With the move to Petrograd, the family settled in the house number 7, Apt. 4 Kolomna street. In December 1921, together with Grigori Kozint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odessa
ODESSA is an American codename (from the German language, German: ''Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen'', meaning: Organization of Former SS Members) coined in 1946 to cover Ratlines (World War II aftermath), Nazi underground escape-plans made at the end of World War II by a group of ''SS'' officers with the aim of facilitating secret escape routes, and any directly ensuing arrangements. The concept of the existence of an actual ODESSA organisation has circulated widely in fictional Spy fiction, spy novels and movies, including Frederick Forsyth's best-selling 1972 thriller ''The Odessa File''. The escape-routes have become known as "Ratlines (World War II), ratlines". Known goals of elements within the ''SS'' included allowing ''SS'' members to escape to Argentina or to the Middle East under false passports. Although an unknown number of wanted Nazis and war criminals escaped Germany and often Europe, most experts deny that an organisation called ODESSA ever existed. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; ; (; () was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin. Gogol used the Grotesque#In literature, grotesque in his writings, for example, in his works "The Nose (Gogol short story), The Nose", "Viy (story), Viy", "The Overcoat", and "Nevsky Prospekt (story), Nevsky Prospekt". These stories, and others such as "Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol), Diary of a Madman", have also been noted for their Proto-Surrealism, proto-surrealist qualities. According to Viktor Shklovsky, Gogol used the technique of defamiliarization when a writer presents common things in an unfamiliar or strange way so that the reader can gain new perspectives and see the world differently. His early works, such as ''Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka'', were influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing, Ukrainian culture and Ukrainian folklore, folklore. His later writing satirised political corruption in contemporary Russian Empire, Russia (''The Government I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Moskvin
Andrei Nikolayevich Moskvin (; 14 February 1901, Tsarskoye Selo – 28 February 1961, Leningrad) was a Soviet cinematographer, renowned for his work with Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg. Selected filmography * '' The Devil's Wheel'' (1926); directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg * ''The Overcoat'' (1926); directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg * ''Somebody Else's Coat'' (1927); directed by Boris Shpis * '' The Club of the Big Deed'' (1927); directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg * '' Little Brother'' (1927); directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg * ''The New Babylon'' (1929); directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg * '' Alone'' (1931); directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg * '' The Youth of Maxim'' (1935); directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg * '' The Return of Maxim'' (1937); directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg * '' The Vyborg Side'' (1938); directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Piotrovsky
Adrian Ivanovich Piotrovsky () ( – 21 November 1937) was a Russian Soviet dramaturge, responsible for creating the synopsis for Sergei Prokofiev's ballet ''Romeo and Juliet''. He was the "acknowledged godfather" of the Workers' Youth Theatre (Teatr Rabochey Molodyozhi: TRAM). Life and career The illegitimate son of the prominent Polish classicist Tadeusz Stefan Zieliński, Piotrovsky became Zielinski’s pupil and made scholarly translations of classical Greek plays. He was strongly influenced by Zielinski’s campaign to revive open-air Greek theatre, which would directly inspire Piotrovsky’s involvement in street theatre in the years following the October Revolution. Piotrovsky also became a pupil and disciple of the theatre director Vsevolod Meyerhold,McBurney, p. 156 and for a while worked with Meyerhold in the Theatrical department of Narkompros (the Commissariat of Enlightenment under the leadership of Anatoly Lunacharsky), teaching classes in Meyerhold’s "Courses i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Wheel
''The Devil's Wheel'' () is a 1926 Soviet silent crime action film directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg. Plot During a walk in the garden of the People's House, sailor Ivan Shorin meets Valya and, having missed the scheduled time is late for the ship which is departing for a cruise. The next morning he has to go to a distant foreign trek and his slight delay has turned into a desertion. The young people are sheltered by artists who turn out to be ordinary punks. Not wanting to become a thief, Ivan runs away and surrenders himself to the authorities. After the trial of his friends and just punishment, he returns to his former life. Cast *Pyotr Sobolevsky – Ivan Shorin, sailor from the cruiser "Aurora" *Lyudmila Semyonova – Valka, street girl * Sergei Gerasimov – Magician "Human-Question", leader of the bandit gang *Emil Gal – Entertainer Coco, "Question"'s friend *Yanina Zhejmo – Girl from the gang *Sergey Martinson Sergey Aleksandrovich Martinson (; � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Kostrichkin
Andrei Aleksandrovich Kostrichkin (; 24 August 1901 – 28 February 1973) was a Soviet actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1925 and 1971. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1935). Wife actress Yanina Zhejmo. Kostrichkin's daughter Yanina works on duplicating films. Selected filmography * '' Mishki versus Yudenich'' (1925) * ''The Devil's Wheel'' (1926) * ''The Overcoat'' (1926) * '' The Club of the Big Deed'' (1927) * '' Little Brother'' (1927) * ''Somebody Else's Coat'' (1927) * ''The New Babylon'' (1929) * ''The Black Sail'' (1929) * ''Our Girls'' (1930) * ''Twenty Two Misfortunes'' (1930) * '' Cities and Years'' (1930) * ''Dead Soul'' (1930) * '' Alone'' (1931) * ''A Man from Prison'' (1931) * ''The Fugitive'' (1932) * ''Three Soldiers'' (1932) * ''Conquerors of the Night'' (1933) * ''The First Platoon'' (1933) * ''Lieutenant Kijé'' (1934) * ''Annenkovshina'' (1934) * ''Ian Knuck's Wedding'' (1935) * ''Treasure of the Sunken Ship'' (1935) * '' Late for a Date'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janina Żejmo
Yanina Boleslavovna Zhejmo (; ; 29 May 1909 – 29 December 1987) was a Soviet actress with Polish parents. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1925 and 1955. Partial filmography * ''Mishki versus Yudenich'' (1925, Short) - youngster * ''The Devil's Wheel'' (1926, Short) * ''The Overcoat (1926 film), The Overcoat'' (1926) * ''Somebody Else's Coat'' (1927) - Circus actress * ''Little Brother (1927 film), Little Brother'' (1927, Short) * ''The Club of the Big Deed'' (1927) * ''The New Babylon'' (1929) - Therese, a seamstress * ''Road to the World'' (1929) * ''The Blue Express'' (1929) * ''Alone (1931 Soviet film), Alone'' (1931) - Young Teacher * ''Man from Prison'' (1931) * ''Seeking Asylum'' (1932) * ''My Motherland'' (1933) - Olya * ''Song of Happiness'' (1934) - Anuk * ''Red Army Days'' (1935) - Kika, her friend * ''Girl Friends (1936 film), Girl Friends'' (1936) - Asya * ''Lenochka i vinograd'' (1936) * ''Enemies'' (1938) - Nadya * ''A Soldier Was Returning'' (1939) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Gerasimov (film Director)
Sergei Apollinariyevich Gerasimov (21 May 190626 November 1985) was a Soviet Union, Soviet film director and screenwriter. The oldest film school in the world, the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), bears his name. Career Gerasimov started his film industry career as an actor in 1924. At first he appeared in Grigori Kozintsev, Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg, Trauberg films, such as ''The Overcoat (1926 film), The Overcoat'' and ''The New Babylon''. Later, he was commissioned to produce screen versions of the literary classics of socialist realism. His epic screenings of Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev, Alexander Fadeyev's ''The Young Guard (film), The Young Guard'' (1948) and Mikhail Sholokhov's ''And Quiet Flows the Don (1958 film), And Quiet Flows the Don'' (1957–58) were extolled by the authorities as exemplary. During several decades of their teaching in the VGIK Gerasimov and his wife Tamara Makarova prepared many generations of Russian actors.Lyubov Arkus. П� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Martinson
Sergey Aleksandrovich Martinson (; – 2 September 1984) was a Soviet and Russian stage, film and voice actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1964). Biography He was born in Saint Petersburg in the family of Swedish and Russian descent. His parents adored theater and took their son to many performances. As a schoolboy, Sergey played in a theatrical studio. After one year of education in the Technological institute, he decided to become a professional actor. At the entrance exams he read Boris Godunov's monologue from Pushkin's play. The exam board roared with laughter, but refused to accept him. He later joined the theatrical institute from a second attempt. Martinson worked in several theaters. In 1924–1941 he played in the Theatre of the Revolution. In 1925–1926, 1929–1933, 1937–1938 he was the leading actor of Vsevolod Meyerhold's theatre. He was cast by Meyerhold in the plays ''The Government Inspector'', ''Mandate'' and others. From 1933 to 1936 he worked in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mishki Versus Yudenich
''Mishki versus Yudenich'' () is a 1925 Soviet silent comedy film directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg. Acting debut of Yanina Zhejmo. The film is believed to be lost. Plot The film is a comedy about adventures of a boy named Mishka and a bear at the headquarters of General Nikolai Yudenich during the Russian Civil War, which had been fought between 1917 and 1922. Cast * Alexander Zavyalov as Mishka, paperboy * Polina Pona as white spy * Sergei Gerasimov as shpik * Andrei Kostrichkin as shpik * Yevgeny Kumeyko as General Yudenich * Emil Gal as photographer * Yanina Zhejmo Yanina Boleslavovna Zhejmo (; ; 29 May 1909 – 29 December 1987) was a Soviet actress with Polish parents. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1925 and 1955. Partial filmography * '' Mishki versus Yudenich'' (1925, Short) - youngster * ... as youngster References External links * 1925 films Lenfilm films Soviet black-and-white films 1925 comedy films Russian comedy films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yury Tynyanov
Yury Nikolaevich Tynyanov ( rus, Ю́рий Никола́евич Тыня́нов, p=ˈjʉrʲɪj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ tɨˈnʲænəf; October 18, 1894 – December 20, 1943) was a Soviet writer, literary critic, translator, scholar and screenwriter. He was an authority on Pushkin and an important member of the Russian Formalist school. Born in a Jewish community in the Russian Empire in modern-day Latvia, he moved to Saint Petersburg where he completed his education. During the 1920s in the Soviet Union, he published numerous novels, works, and movie scripts, as well as working as a translator. However, his health declined during the 1930s and he died in 1943 from multiple sclerosis. Early life and education Yury Nikolaevich Tynyanov was born on 18 October 1894 in Rezhitsa, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire - modern day Latvia. Tynyanov was born in a Jewish community, but would go on to have little connections with his Jewish heritage. His father, Nikolai Arkadyevich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
