Yakov Protazanov

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Known For Directing

Known Credits 66

Gender Male

Birthday February 4, 1881

Day of Death August 9, 1945 (64 years old)

Place of Birth Moscow, Russian Empire

Also Known As

Яков Протазанов
I. A. Protozanoff

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Yakov Protazanov

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

Directing

1943

… Director

1941

… Director

1937

… Director

1936

… Director

1934

… Director

1931

… Director

1930

… Director

1929

… Director

1928		The White Eagle … Director
1928		Don Diego and Pelagia … Director

1927		The Man from the Restaurant … Director
1927		The Forty-First … Director

1926

… Director

1925		The Tailor from Torzhok … Director
1925		His Call … Director

1924

… Director

1923

… Director

1921

… Director

1920

… Director

1919		Woman's Calvary … Director
1919		The Child of Another … Director
1919		The Queen's Secret … Director

1918		Father Sergius … Director
1918		Knight's Spirit … Director
1918		Jenny the Maid … Director
1918		Little Ellie … Director

1917		Satan Triumphant … Director
1917		Blood Need Not Be Spilled … Director
1917		The Prosecutor … Director
1917		Dance of Death … Director

1916		Beggar Woman … Director
1916		Panna Meri … Director
1916		Sin … Director
1916		She Seeked Happiness So Madly, So Passionately … Director
1916		And The Song Remained Unfinished … Director
1916		The Dagger Woman … Director
1916		The Queen of Spades … Director
1916		I'm Gonna Hitch Three Fast Dark Brown Horses … Director

1915		Me And My Conscience … Director
1915		Nikolay Stavrogin … Director
1915		Plebeian … Director
1915		War and Peace … Director
1915		Sashka The Seminarian … Director
1915		Petersburg Slums … Director

1914

… Director

1913		One Enjoyed, the Other Paid … Director
1913		How Beautiful And Fresh Were The Roses... … Director
1913		The Broken Vase … Director
1913		Better Death than Dishonour … Director
1913		The Love of a Japanese Woman … Co-Director
1913		Musical Moment … Director
1913		How the Child's Soul Cried … Director
1913		For The Honor of the Russian Banner … Director
1913		Nailed … Director
1913		The Keys to Happiness … Director
1913		A Chopin Nocturne … Director

1912		The Departure of a Great Old Man … Director
1912		Anfisa … Director
1912		Song About the Prophetic Oleg … Director

1911

… Director

1909

… Director

Writing

1937

… Screenplay

1934

… Writer

1932

… Writer

1931

… Writer

1930

… Screenplay

1929

… Writer

1928

… Writer

1927

… Screenplay

1926

… Writer

1920

… Screenplay

1919

… Writer

1918		Jenny the Maid … Writer
1918		Little Ellie … Writer

1917

… Writer

1916		Beggar Woman … Writer
1916		Panna Meri … Screenplay
1916		The Queen of Spades … Writer

1915		Plebeian … Writer
1915		War and Peace … Writer
1915		Sashka The Seminarian … Writer

1914

… Screenplay

1913		How Beautiful And Fresh Were The Roses... … Screenplay
1913		The Broken Vase … Screenplay
1913		How the Child's Soul Cried … Screenplay
1913		For The Honor of the Russian Banner … Writer
1913		Nailed … Writer

1912

… Screenplay

1911		Convict's Song … Screenplay
1911		The First Distiller … Writer

1910

… Writer

1909

… Writer

Acting

1925

as Chemist

1913

1912

as The wizard

1909

as Garaburda

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Yakov Protazanov

Biography

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Directing

Writing

Acting

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