Years active 1913–1965 | Name Vladimir Gardin | |
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Full Name Vladimir Rostislavovich Blagonravov Movies Loss of the Sensation, Counterplan, Sniper, I Love, The Keys to Happiness, War and Peace Similar People Yakov Protazanov, Olga Preobrazhenskaya, Fridrikh Ermler, Sergei Yutkevich, Vera Karalli | ||
Крейцерова соната 1914 / The Kreutzer Sonata (Fra subs)
Vladimir Rostislavovich Gardin (Russian: Vladímir Rostislávovich Gárdin) (born Vladimir Rostislavovich Blagonravov (Blagonrávov); 18 January [O.S. 6 January] 1877 – 28 May 1965) was a pioneering Russian film director and actor who strove to raise the artistic level of Russian cinema.
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- 1914 The Kreutzer Sonata Fra subs
- 1925 The Cross and the Mauser fragment
- Selected filmography
- References
He first gained renown as a stage actor in the adaptations of Russian classics by Vera Komissarzhevskaya and other directors. In 1913, he turned to cinema and started producing screen versions of great Russian fiction: Anna Karenina (1914), The Kreutzer Sonata (1914), Home of the Gentry (1914), War and Peace (1915, co-directed with Yakov Protazanov), and On the Eve (1915).
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, he organized and presided over the first film school in the world, now known as VGIK. With the advent of sound pictures, he stopped directing and returned to acting. His roles won him a high critical acclaim and the title of People's Artist of the USSR (1947). Gardin published two volumes of memoirs in 1949 and 1952. Another book, The Artist's Life and Labor, followed in 1960.
Крест и маузер (фрагмент) 1925 / The Cross and the Mauser (fragment)
Selected filmography
