Vladimir Alexandrovich Chebotaryov
Vladimir Alexandrovich Chebotaryov ( Russian Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Чеботарёв ; born August 16, 1921 in Karachev , Bryansk Oblast , RSFSR ; † March 4, 2010 in Moscow ) was a Soviet screenwriter and film director .
biography
At the beginning of the German-Soviet War in 1941 he was a lieutenant in charge of an artillery battery and after being wounded he was taken prisoner of war from which he managed to escape. He then served in Budapest until the end of the war in 1945 and then graduated from the Directing Department of the All Union Institute for Cinematography .
After completing his studies in 1952, Chebotaryov was first a screenwriter and then director of more than a dozen action films , many of which went down in Soviet film history and which were made in the Leningrad film studio of the Lenfilm production company .
His best-known and most popular film with more than 70 million cinema-goers was The Amphibian Man from 1961 based on the novel of the same name by Alexander Beljajew with Gennady Kazansky as co-director.
His other better-known films include:
- 1965: what's your name now? ( Как вас теперь называть? )
- 1966: Wild Honey ( Дикий мед )
- 1981: Ring of Amsterdam
- 1985: battalions ask for fire ( Батальоны просят огня )
For his services during the Second World War and for the Soviet film industry, he received several awards, including the Order of the Great Patriotic War and the Order of the Red Star .
Web links
- Vladimir Chebotaryov in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Film Director of The Amphibian Man Dies on Russia-Infocentre, March 5th, 2010
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chebotaryov, Vladimir Alexandrovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Чеботарёв, Владимир Александрович (Russian spelling); Chebotrayov, Vladimir (English transcription) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karachev , Bryansk Oblast , RSFSR |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 2010 |
| Place of death | Moscow |