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Yakov Protazanov

Russian film director and screenwriter (1881-1945) · Russia · On the map · Directors · Died at 64

Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov was a Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema of Russia. He was an Honored Artist of the Russian SFSR (1935) and Uzbek SSR (1944).

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1945Died8 August 19451943Nasreddin in BukharaFilm, Director1937Without DowryFilm, Director, Writer1934MarionettesFilm, Director, Writer1931Siberian PatrolFilm, Director, Writer1929Ranks and PeopleFilm, Director, Writer1927The Forty-FirstFilm, Director1925Chess FeverFilm, Chemist1924Aelita: Queen of MarsFilm, Director1921Justice d'abordFilm, Director1919The Queen's SecretFilm, Director, Writer1917Blood Need Not Be SpilledFilm, Director, Writer1914Christmas in Trench LinesFilm, Director, Writer1912The Departure of a Great Old ManFilm, Director1909The Death of Ivan the TerribleFilm, Garaburda1881Born4 February 1881

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Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1881 to 1945 · aged 64

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