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Igor Savchenko

Soviet filmmaker (1906-1950) · Russia · On the map · Directors · Died at 44

Igor Andreyevich Savchenko or Ihor Andriyovych Savchenko was a Soviet screenwriter and film director of Ukrainian origin. He has often been cited as one of the great early Soviet filmmakers, alongside Sergei Eisenstein, Vsevolod Pudovkin and Aleksandr Dovzhenko.

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A typical day, 30 days to 9 July 2026

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1950Died14 December 19501948The Third BlowFilm, Director1946The Lucky BrideFilm, Director, Writer1945Military SecretFilm, Producer1944Ivan Nikulin: Russian SailorFilm, Director1943Guerrillas in the Steppes of UkraineFilm, Director, Writer1941Bohdan KhmelnytskyiFilm, Director1939Guerrilla BrigadeFilm, Director1937The Ballad of Cossack GolotaFilm, Director, Writer1936Accidental MeetingFilm, Director, Writer1934AccordionFilm, Director, Writer193326 CommissionersFilm, leader of the socialist revolutionary party1932People without HandsFilm, Director, Writer1906Born28 September 1906

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Filmography 18

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Awards

Stalin Prize
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

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He is also known for teaching Sergei Parajanov at the Soviet film school VGIK.

Country
Russia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1950 · aged 44

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