Boris Barnet
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 18, 1902, Moscow, Russian Empire
- Died
- January 8, 1965
- Movies
- 40
Boris Vasilyevich Barnet was a Soviet film director, actor and screenwriter of British origin. He directed 27 films between 1927 and 1963.
Boris Barnet was born in Moscow. His grandfather Thomas Barnet was a printer who moved to the Russian Empire from Great Britain back in the 19th century. A student of the Moscow Art School, he joined the Red Army at age 16 and was then professionally involved in boxing. In 1927 he shot his first feature, a comedy film, The Girl with a Hatbox, starring Anna Sten. His 1928 melodramatic film The House on Trubnaya, starring Vera Maretskaya, was rediscovered in the mid-1990s and now ranks as one of the classic Russian silent films.
Encouraged in his early efforts by Yakov Protazanov, Barnet emerged in the 1930s as one of the country's leading film-makers. Amongst Barnet's masterpieces, we find Outskirts (1933), a pacifist story acclaimed at the first Venice Film Festival.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2024 | The Cinema Language of an Era: Boris Barnet | |
| 1947 | Secret Agent | Gen. von Kühn |
| 1946 | Sinegoriya | Arseniy Petrovich Gay |
| 1945 | Dark Is the Night | |
| 1939 | A Night in September | |
| 1936 | By the Bluest of Seas | |
| 1933 | Outskirts | |
| 1930 | The Backlog! | |
| 1929 | The Living Corpse | Pickpocket |
| 1928 | Storm Over Asia | English soldier, pipe smoker |
| 1928 | The House on Trubnaya | passerby (uncredited) |
| 1927 | Moscow in October | |
| 1926 | Miss Mend | Barnet, reporter |
| 1926 | The Case of the Three Million | Journalist (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Chess Fever | Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1924 | The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks | Jeddy - The Cowboy |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1963 | Whistle Stop | Director, Writer |
| 1962 | Alyonka | Director |
| 1959 | Annushka | Director |
| 1957 | The Wrestler and the Clown | Director |
| 1956 | Poet | Director |
| 1955 | Lyana | Director, Screenplay |
| 1952 | Masters of Ukrainian Art in Concert | Director |
| 1951 | Bountiful Summer | Director |
| 1948 | Pages of Life | Director |
| 1947 | Secret Agent | Director |
| 1945 | Dark Is the Night | Director |
| 1942 | Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #10 | Director |
| 1942 | A Priceless Head | Director |
| 1942 | A Good Lad | Director |
| 1941 | Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #3 | Director |
| 1941 | The Old Jockey | Director |
| 1939 | A Night in September | Director |
| 1936 | By the Bluest of Seas | Director |
| 1933 | Outskirts | Director, Writer |
| 1931 | The Thaw | Director |
| 1928 | The House on Trubnaya | Director |
| 1927 | Moscow in October | Director |
| 1927 | The Girl with the Hat Box | Director |
| 1926 | Miss Mend | Writer, Director |
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