Iossif Efimovich Cheific

Iossif Efimowitsch Cheific ( Russian Иосиф Ефимович Хейфиц ; born December 17, 1905 in Minsk , Russian Empire , today Belarus ; † April 24, 1995 in Saint Petersburg ) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter .

Live and act

Cheific studied at the Leningrad Technical School of Cinema and was then hired as a screenwriter by the Soviet production facility Sowkino . He made his debut as a film director during the silent film era and settled in Moscow . Until 1950, Cheific staged in collaboration with his colleague and former technical college classmate Alexander Sarchi and was often involved in the script of these productions. Both early works are strongly influenced by Stalinism and, especially during the Second World War, had strong nationalistic and propaganda elements. In 1945 the directing duo also made a documentary about Japan's defeat in the war .

Cheific's most artistically successful years began with the separation from Sarchi. “Above all, his two excellent adaptations of the Chekhov novels“ The Lady with the Dog ”and“ In the City of S. ”, implemented with a great sense of psychological penetration, empathy and attention to detail, earned him a certain reputation at home and internationally . “In addition, Cheific shot some notable contemporary pieces. There were several portraits of women that were largely free of socialist propaganda and were entirely devoted to tracing everyday occurrences and problems of people in the modern Soviet Union.

Filmography

Co-director and co-screenplay until 1950, then director and (co-) screenplay, unless otherwise stated

• 1928: Pesn o metallji
• 1930: Weter v litzo (only co-director)
• 1931: Polden
• 1933: Moja rodina
• 1935: Gorjatschije denjetski
• 1936: Stormy end of life (Djeputat Baltiki) (only co-director)
• 1939: In the fight for happiness (Tschljen prawitelswa) (only co-director)
• 1942: Jewo zowut Search-Bator
• 1944: Malachow Hill (Malachow kurgan) (only co-director)
• 1945: Razgrom Japonii (documentary, only co-director)
• 1946: In the Name of Life (Wo imja schisni) (only co-director)
• 1948: Dragozennije zerna (only co-director)
• 1950: Ogni Baku (only co-director)
• 1954: A Big Family (Bolschaja semja) (director only)
• 1955: The Rumyantsev case (Djelo Rumanzewa)
• 1958: That you exist ... (Dorogoj moj tschelowek iwra)
• 1959: The Lady with the Dog (Dama s sobatschkoj)
• 1961: Gorizont
• 1963: Day of Happiness (Den stschastja)
• 1966: In the city of S. (W gorode S.)
• 1970: Salut, Maria! (Salyut Marija)
• 1973: A bad, good person (Plochoj choroschii tschelowek)
• 1975: The Only One (Jedinstwennaja)
• 1977: Asja - an unfulfilled love (Assia)
• 1979: Married for the first time (Wperjiwe samuschem)
• 1982: Shurochka
• 1986: Podsudimij
• 1987: Vspomnim, Tovarishch! (Documentary)
• 1988: Wi tschijo, staritschjo?
• 1989: Brodyachy awtobus

literature

• Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 57.

Remarks

1. ↑ further western transcriptions from Cyrillic include Iosif Kheifits, Iossif Kheifitz and Iosif Chejfic
2. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 57.

Web links

• Iosif Kheifits in the Internet Movie Database (English)