Grigory Kromanov

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Grigori Kromanov ( Russian Григорий Ермович Кроманов ; born March 8, 1926 in Tallinn , Republic of Estonia ; †  July 18, 1984 in the village of Lahe , Rajon Rakvere, Estonian SSR ) was an Estonian theater and film director .

Life

Grigori Kromanov graduated from the State Lunacharsky Institute for Theater Art (today: Russian Academy for Theater Arts ) in Moscow in 1953 . He then worked as an actor at the Draama Theater in the Estonian capital Tallinn. From 1956 to 1963 Kromanov was a film director for the Estonian television ETV. Afterwards he was mainly active as a film director for the state-owned Soviet-Estonian film production company Tallinnfilm until his untimely death at the age of 58 .

Kromanov has also staged numerous plays at Estonian and Russian-speaking theaters in Tallinn. He taught at the Department of Performing Arts of the State Conservatory of Tallinn (Tallinna Riiklik Konservatoorium) . In 1975 he was awarded the Honorary Artist of the Estonian SSR.

The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt dedicated the work A Pilgrimage Song based on Psalm 121 to his deceased friend in 1984 .

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Grigori Kromanov was one of the most active and high-profile directors during the Soviet occupation of Estonia. His best-known film is the Estonian cult flick Viimne reliikvia ("The Last Relic") from 1969.

His film Mis juhtus Andres Lapeteusega? (“What happened to Andres Lapeteus?”) From 1966. During the thaw in the Soviet Union, he deals with the consequences of the Stalinist personality cult.

Film productions

literature

  • Irena Veisaite-Kromanova (ed.): Lavastaja Grigori Kromanov. Mälestused, artiklid, kirjad, päevikud. Tallinn 1995, ISBN 9985-65-000-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Eesti elulood. Tallinn: Eesti entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 186
  2. http://www.kinokultura.com/specials/10/kark.shtml