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Sergei Vasilyev

Film director, screenwriter (1900-1959) · Russia · On the map · Directors · Died at 59

Sergei Dmitrievich Vasilyev was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and actor. From 1928 to 1943 together with Georgi Vasilyev he co-directed several films, including the influential and critically acclaimed Chapaev (1934).

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A typical day, 30 days to 8 July 2026

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A life in dates

1959Died16 December 19591958October DaysFilm, Director, Writer1955Cannes Best Director AwardAward1948The Precious SeedFilm, Producer1947Life in the CitadelFilm, Producer1945The Turning PointFilm, Producer1943FrontFilm, Director, Writer1940Our CinemaFilm, (archive footage)1939GuestFilm1937For the Soviet MotherlandFilm, Producer1934ChapayevFilm, Director, Writer1930Sleeping BeautyFilm, Director, Writer1928Heroic Deed Among the IceFilm, Director1924The Palace and the FortressFilm1900Born22 October 1900

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Filmography 26

33 credits on file

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Cannes Best Director Award1955
Stalin Prize
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Star
People's Artist of the USSR
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
Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree

About this person

Sergei Vasilyev was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1948; and received two Stalin Prizes in 1941 and 1942.

Country
Russia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1959 · aged 59

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In the same film or series as Sergei

Vasili MerkuryevAlso in The Sky Slow-Mover (1946)Boris DobronravovAlso in Life in the Citadel (1947)Aleksandr ZarkhiAlso in The Precious Seed (1948)

Directors from Russia 1

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