Vladimir Rostislavowitsch Gardin
Vladimir Gardin ( Russian Владимир Ростиславович Гардин ; born January 6 . Jul / 18th January 1877 greg. In Tver ; † 29. May 1965 in Leningrad ) was a Russian film director and actor. He is one of the pioneers in the Russian film industry .
Life
Gardin is known as a stage actor in adaptations of Russian classics, including the actress and director Vera Komissarshevskaya . In 1913 he turned to the film and began, in co-direction with Jakow Protasanow , with the filming of Tolstoy's works: Anna Karenina (1914), Die Kreutzersonata (1914), War and Peace (1915).
After the October Revolution in 1919 he became the first director of the newly founded Moscow Film School , the world's first film school. In 1921 he directed Hammer und Sichel , an early Soviet propaganda film from the civil war .
His last directorial work was Tsar and Poet (1927); with the beginning of the sound film era Gardin only worked as an actor. His roles won him critical acclaim and in 1947 the title People's Artist of the USSR . He published two volumes of memoirs (1949 and 1952) and another book in 1960.
Filmography (selection)
- 1913 Klyuch stschastija - R, D
- 1914 The Kreutzer Sonata - R
- 1914 Anna Karenina - R
- 1915 Peterburgskije truschtschoby - R
- 1915 War and Peace - R, D
- 1921 hammer and sickle - R
- 1927 Tsar and Poet - R
- 1928 Kastus Kalinouski - R
- 1932 Serdze Solomona - D (Director: Sergei Gerassimow )
- 1932 Der Gegenplan - D (Direction: Friedrich Ermler , Sergei Jutkewitsch )
- 1933 Dom schadnosti - D (Director: Alexander Iwanowski )
- 1950 On a Secret Mission - D (Direction: Michail Romm )
Web links
- Wladimir Gardin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Gardin, Vladimir Rostislavowitsch |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Гардин, Владимир Ростиславович (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian film director and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1877 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tver |
DATE OF DEATH | May 29, 1965 |
Place of death | Leningrad |