Person
Yakov Protazanov
Directing · 1881–1945 · Moscow, Russian Empire
Biography
Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov (Russian: Яков Александрович Протазанов; February 4 (O.S. January 23), 1881 – August 8, 1945) 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).
Known for
Ranks and People
Director
His Call
Director
The Forty-First
Director
Don Diego and Pelagia
Director
The Tailor from Torzhok
Director
St. Jorgen's Day
Director
Petersburg Slums
Director
Beggar Woman
Director
Sin
Director
Diary of a Revolutionist
Writer
Filmography
- 1943Nasreddin in BukharaDirector
- 1941Salavat YulayevDirector
- 1938Seventh GradersDirector
- 1937Without DowryDirector
- 1936On the Strangeness of LoveDirector
- 1934MarionettesDirector
- 1932Diary of a RevolutionistWriter
- 1931Siberian PatrolDirector
- 1930St. Jorgen's DayDirector
- 1929Ranks and PeopleDirector
- 1928The White EagleDirector
- 1928Don Diego and PelagiaDirector
- 1927The Man from the Restaurant
- 1927The Forty-FirstDirector
- 1926The Three Million TrialDirector
- 1925Chess FeverChemist
- 1925The Tailor from TorzhokDirector
- 1925His CallDirector
- 1924Aelita: Queen of MarsDirector
- 1923Member Of ParliamentDirector
- 1921Justice d'abordDirector
- 1920A Narrow EscapeDirector
- 1919Woman's CalvaryDirector
- 1919The Child of AnotherDirector
- 1919The Queen's SecretWriter
- 1918Father SergiusDirector
- 1918Knight's SpiritDirector
- 1918Jenny the MaidDirector
- 1918Little EllieWriter
- 1917Satan TriumphantDirector
- 1917Blood Need Not Be SpilledDirector
- 1917The ProsecutorDirector
- 1917Dance of DeathDirector
- 1916Beggar WomanDirector
- 1916Panna MeriDirector
- 1916SinDirector
- 1916She Seeked Happiness So Madly, So PassionatelyDirector
- 1916And The Song Remained UnfinishedDirector
- 1916The Dagger WomanDirector
- 1916The Queen of SpadesDirector
- 1916I'm Gonna Hitch Three Fast Dark Brown HorsesDirector
- 1915Me And My ConscienceDirector
- 1915Nikolay StavroginDirector
- 1915PlebeianDirector
- 1915War and PeaceWriter
- 1915Petersburg SlumsDirector
- 1915Sashka The SeminarianDirector
- 1914Christmas in Trench LinesScreenplay
- 1913One Enjoyed, the Other PaidDirector
- 1913What the Violin Wept AboutDirector
- 1913How Beautiful And Fresh Were The Roses...Director
- 1913The Broken VaseDirector
- 1913Better Death than DishonourDirector
- 1913The Love of a Japanese WomanCo-Director
- 1913Musical Moment
- 1913How the Child's Soul CriedDirector
- 1913For The Honor of the Russian BannerDirector
- 1913NailedDirector
- 1913The Keys to HappinessDirector
- 1913A Chopin NocturneDirector
- 1912The Departure of a Great Old ManDirector
- 1912AnfisaDirector
- 1912Song About the Prophetic OlegThe wizard
- 1911Convict's SongScreenplay
- 1911The First DistillerWriter
- 1910May Night, or the Drowned MaidenWriter
- 1909The Fountain of BakhchisarayDirector
- 1909The Death of Ivan the TerribleGaraburda
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