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Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin
Всеволод Пудовкин
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28 February 1893 - 30 June 1953
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Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin was born on February 28, 1893 in Penza. He studied at the Department of Natural Sciences of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow University, but did not have time to pass the final exams - the First World War began. In 1915, at the front, Pudovkin was wounded and captured. In 1918, Pudovkin returned to Russia and since 1920 studied at the State Film School (now VGIK) with V.R. Gardin, since 1922 - in the workshop of L.V. Kuleshov. In 1925, while still
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Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin was born on February 28, 1893 in Penza. He studied at the Department of Natural Sciences of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow University, but did not have time to pass the final exams - the First World War began. In 1915, at the front, Pudovkin was wounded and captured. In 1918, Pudovkin returned to Russia and since 1920 studied at the State Film School (now VGIK) with V.R. Gardin, since 1922 - in the workshop of L.V. Kuleshov. In 1925, while still a student, he began working at the Mejrapp studio as a screenwriter, actor and director. His first film, Chess Fever, was released in 1925. Along with the Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein, the film “Mother” filmed by Vsevolod Pudovkin based on the story of M. Gorky became the largest achievement of Soviet cinema. Among other works of the recognized master of directing such films as “Descendant of Genghis Khan”, “Suvorov”, “Admiral Nakhimov”, “The Return of Vasily Bortnikov”. He also starred as an actor in The Living Corpse (1929) and Ivan the Terrible (1945). Pudovkin made a significant contribution to the theory of cinematography, as the author of a number of books and many articles.
In 1958, Vsevolod Pudovkin’s film “Mother” at the World Exhibition in Brussels was named among the 6 best films of all time.
Other films of Vsevolod Pudovkin: “Mechanics of the Brain” (1926), “The End of St. Petersburg” (1927), “A Simple Case” (1932), “Deserter” (1933), “Victory” (1938), “Minin and Pozharsky” (1939), “In the Name of the Motherland” (1943), “Zhukovsky” (1950).