Sergei Apollinarijewitsch Gerasimow
Sergei Gerasimov ( Russian Сергей Аполлинариевич Герасимов ; born May 21, jul. / 3. June 1906 greg. In the village Kundrawy, Orenburg Governorate , Russian Empire , now Chelyabinsk Oblast , Russia ; † 26. November 1985 in Moscow ) was a Soviet film director , screenwriter and actor .
Life
Gerasimow studied at the Leningrad Art School and finished his studies at the Leningrad Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1928. Gerasimov made his film debut in 1926 and he appeared in seven films as an actor at Sovkino until the early 1930s . With the exception of The Man Who Lost His Memory (1929) by Friedrich Ermler , all of these silent films - including Der Mantel (1926), Das neue Babylon (1929) and Odna - Alone (1931) - were made with the directors Grigori Kosinzew and Leonid Trauberg and the cameraman Andrei Moskwin , with whom he had founded the avant-garde artist collective FEKS ( Factory of Eccentric Actors ) in 1922 . From 1930 Gerasimow directed and wrote scripts himself.
From the mid-1930s Gerasimow taught acting for Lenfilm Studios and used the young actors in his films. His student Tamara Makarova later became his wife and colleague, other important students of Gerassimov were Sergei Bondarchuk , his wife Inna Makarowa , Sergei Gurso , Lyudmila Schagalowa , Nonna Mordjukowa , Galina Polskich and Vjacheslav Tichonow .
Gerassimov's most important film work is the three-part series Derstille Don from 1957 based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Scholochow . The film tells the story of the Don Cossacks in the war and civil war years from 1912 to 1922. In 1984 Gerasimov achieved another success with the film adaptation of Lev Tolstoy , the director himself took on the title role of the famous Russian writer .
The Moscow Institute of Cinematography is named after Sergei Gerasimov.
Filmography
- 1926: the coat ( Шинель )
- 1929: Двадцать два несчастья - co-director with Sergei Bartenew
- 1932: Сердце Соломона - co-director with Michail Kressin
- 1934: Люблю ли тебя?
- 1936: The Seven Bold ( Семеро смелых )
- 1938: Komsomolsk - City of Youth ( Комсомольск )
- 1939: The teacher ( Учитель )
- 1941: Masquerade ( Маскарад )
- 1941: Боевой киносборник № 1 - Episode: Встреча с Максимом
- 1943: Непобедимые - co-director with Mikhail Kalatosov
- 1943: Film-Revue ( Киноконцерт к 25-летию Красной Армии ) - documentary, co-director with Mikhail Kalatosow and Jefim Dsigan
- 1944: Большая земля
- 1948: The Young Guard ( Молодая гвардия )
- 1950: Sun over China ( Освобождённый Китай ) - documentary
- 1951: From the diary of a doctor ( Сельский врач )
- 1954: Надежда
- 1954/57: Die Windrose - Documentary, co-production DEFA / IDFF , co-director with Joris Ivens , Yannick Bellon , Wu Kuo-yin , Gillo Pontecorvo , Alex Viany and Alberto Cavalcanti
- 1957: The silent Don, part 1 ( Тихий Дон )
- 1957: The silent Don, part 2
- 1958: The silent Don, part 3
- 1962: People and Animals ( Люди и звери ) - co-production with DEFA
- 1967: The Journalist ( Журналист ) - 2 parts
- 1970: At the lake ( У озера ) - 2 parts
- 1972: To love people ( Любить человека )
- 1975: daughters and mothers (Дочки-матери)
- 1976: Red and Black ( Красное и чёрное ) - 4 parts
- 1981: Peters Jugend ( Юность Петра ) - co-production with DEFA, 2 parts
- 1984: Lev Tolstoy ( Лев Толстой ) - 2 parts
Awards
Gerasimov received the following awards:
- 1941: Stalin Prize for the film teacher
- 1948: People's Artist of the USSR
- 1949: Stalin Prize for the film Young Guard
- 1951: Stalin Prize for the film Liberate China
- 1958: Crystal globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for The Silent Don
- 1967: Grand Prize at the Moscow International Film Festival for The Journalist
- 1984: Crystal globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for Lev Tolstoy
- 1984: Lenin Prize
Web links
- Sergei Gerasimov in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- detailed biography on krugosvet.ru (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sergei Gerasimow on the page WarHeroes. Retrieved October 27, 2018 (Russian).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gerasimow, Sergei Apollinarijewitsch |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Герасимов, Сергей Аполлинариевич (Russian spelling) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1906 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kundrawy, today Chelyabinsk Oblast |
DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1985 |
Place of death | Moscow |