Mikhail Ilyich Romm
Mikhail Romm ( Russian Михаил Ильич Ромм ., Scientific transliteration Mikhail Romm Il'ič ; born January 11 . Jul / 24. January 1901 greg. In Irkutsk ; † 1. November 1971 in Moscow ) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter .
Life
Michail Romm was born in Irkutsk to a Jewish Social Democrat who had been exiled to Siberia . He graduated from high school in 1917 and began studying at the Moscow Academy of Painting , Sculpture and Architecture . During his time at college he fought in the Red Army in the civil war . In 1925 he finished the highest artistic-technical department for sculpture at the Moscow University and continued to work as a sculptor and translator. From 1931 he worked at Mosfilm , where he was artistic director of film production from 1940 to 1943. Between 1942 and 1947 he was director of a theater studio for film actors, and later also director of several successful films such as Nine Days of a Year and the documentary The Ordinary Fascism .
Filmography
Director
- 1934: Pischka / Fettklößchen (Пышка)
- 1937: The Thirteen (Тринадцать / Trinadzat)
- 1937: Lenin in October (Ленин в Октябре)
- 1939: Lenin 1918 (Ленин в 1918 году)
- 1941: Мечта
- 1943: Наши девушки
- 1944: Human No. 217 (Человек № 217)
- 1947: The Russian Question (Русский вопрос)
- 1950: On a secret mission (Секретная миссия)
- 1953: Sails in a Storm (Адмирал Ушаков)
- 1953: Ships storm bastions (Корабли штурмуют бастионы)
- 1956: The murder on Dante Street (Убийство на улице Данте)
- 1962: nine days of a year (Девять дней одного года)
- 1965: Ordinary fascism (Обыкновенный фашизм)
- 1972: И все-таки я верю…
honors and awards
- 1938: Order of Lenin
- 1941: Stalin Prize for Lenin in October and Lenin in 1918
- 1946: Stalin Prize for Film Mensch No. 217
- 1948: Stalin Prize for film The Russian Question
- 1949: Stalin Prize for documentary film Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
- 1950: People's Artist of the USSR
- 1951: Stalin Prize for Film On a Secret Mission
- 1961: Order of the Red Banner of Labor
- 1967: Honorary member of the German Academy of the Arts in East Berlin
- 1967: Order of Lenin
- 1971: Order of the October Revolution
- Medal "For heroic work in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Web links
- Mikhail Romm in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Michail Iljitsch Romm in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography of Michail Romm. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Romm, Mikhail Ilyich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Romm, Michail Il'ič; Ромм, Михаил Ильич (Russian); Romm, M .; Romm, Michail; Romm, Mikhail |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Irkutsk , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st November 1971 |
| Place of death | Moscow |