Yakov Protazanov

Known for: Directing
Born: February 4, 1881, Moscow, Russian Empire
Died: August 9, 1945
Movies: 70

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).

Best-Known Movies

6.0

Aelita: Queen of Mars

1924

6.4

Chess Fever

1925

5.3

Father Sergius

1918

5.4

The Queen of Spades

1916

4.9

The Forty-First

1927

5.5

St. Jorgen's Day

1930

5.5

The Man from the Restaurant

1927

5.3

The White Eagle

1928

6.7

Satan Triumphant

1917

6.2

Without Dowry

1937

Filmography

1927	The Man from the Restaurant
1925	Chess Fever	Chemist
1913	Musical Moment
1912	Song About the Prophetic Oleg	The wizard
1909	The Death of Ivan the Terrible	Garaburda

Directing, Writing & Producing

1943	Nasreddin in Bukhara	Director
1941	Salavat Yulayev	Director
1938	Seventh Graders	Director
1937	Without Dowry	Director, Screenplay
1936	On the Strangeness of Love	Director
1934	Marionettes	Director, Writer
1932	Diary of a Revolutionist	Writer
1931	Siberian Patrol	Director, Screenplay
1930	St. Jorgen's Day	Director, Screenplay
1929	Ranks and People	Director, Writer
1928	The White Eagle	Director, Writer
1928	Don Diego and Pelagia	Director
1927	The Man from the Restaurant	Director, Screenplay
1927	The Forty-First	Director
1926	The Case of the Three Million	Director, Screenplay
1925	The Tailor from Torzhok	Director
1925	His Call	Director
1924	Aelita: Queen of Mars	Director
1923	Member Of Parliament	Director
1921	Justice d'abord	Director
1920	A Narrow Escape	Director, Screenplay
1919	Woman's Calvary	Director
1919	The Child of Another	Director
1919	The Queen's Secret	Writer, Director
1918	Father Sergius	Director
1918	A Knight of the Spirit	Director
1918	Jenny the Maid	Director, Writer
1918	Little Ellie	Director, Writer
1917	Satan Triumphant	Director
1917	Blood Need Not Be Spilled	Director, Writer
1917	The Prosecutor	Director
1917	Dance of Death	Director
1916	The Beggar Woman	Director, Writer
1916	Panna Meri	Director, Screenplay
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, Writer
1916	I'm Gonna Hitch Three Fast Dark Brown Horses	Director
1915	Me And My Conscience	Director
1915	Nikolay Stavrogin	Director
1915	Plebeian	Director, Writer
1915	War and Peace	Writer, Director
1915	Petersburg Slums	Director
1915	Sashka The Seminarian	Director, Writer
1914	Christmas in Trench Lines	Screenplay, Director
1913	One Enjoyed, the Other Paid	Director
1913	What the Violin Wept About	Director
1913	How Beautiful And Fresh Were The Roses...	Director, Screenplay
1913	The Broken Vase	Director, Screenplay
1913	Better Death than Dishonour	Director
1913	Musical Moment	Director
1913	How the Child's Soul Cried	Director, Screenplay
1913	For The Honor of the Russian Banner	Director, Writer
1913	Nailed	Director, Writer
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, Screenplay
1911	Convict's Song	Director, Screenplay
1911	The First Distiller	Writer
1910	May Night, or the Drowned Maiden	Writer
1910	The Fountain of Bakhchisaray	Director, Writer

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