Mikhail Ivanovich Doller (, 1889 – 15 March 1952) was a Soviet

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

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. He worked as co-director with

Vsevolod Pudovkin Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin ( rus, Всеволод Илларионович Пудовкин, p=ˈfsʲevələt ɪl(ː)ərʲɪˈonəvʲɪtɕ pʊˈdofkʲɪn; 28 February 1893 – 30 June 1953) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and acto ...

and was awarded Stalin Prize twice in 1941.

Life

Mikhail Doller was born in Vilno,

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(now

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). He graduated from Vilno Theater School in 1910 and during 1912-1922 worked as an actor and director in various theaters. In 1922-1924 Doller studied in

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master class. Worked as film director at Mezhrabpom in 1925-1936 and at

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studio since 1936.

Filmography

;director *1925 - ''Bricks (Кирпичики)''; co-directed with Leonid Obolensky *1926 - ''Ekh, yablochko! (Эх, яблочко!)''; co-directed with Leonid Obolensky *1927 - '' The End of St. Petersburg (Конец Санкт-Петербурга)''; co-directed with

*1928 - '' Ranks and People (Чины и люди)''; co-directed with Yakov Protazanov *1932 - '' A Simple Case (Простой случай)''; co-directed with

*1934 - '' Revolt of the Fishermen (Восстание рыбаков)'' as producer; director:

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*1938 - ''

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(Победа)''; co-directed with

*1939 - '' Minin and Pozharsky (Минин и Пожарский)''; co-directed with

*1941 - '' Suvorov (Суворов)''; co-directed with

;actor * 1925 - ''The Death Ray (Луч смерти)'' * 1928 - ''

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(Саламандра)'' * 1932 - ''Horizon (Горизонт)''

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