About

Known credits:
65
Birthday:
1906-05-21
Place of birth:
Kundravy, Urals, Russian Empire
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Sergei Gerasimov

Overview

Sergei Appolinarievich Gerasimov (21 May 1906 – 26 November 1985) was one of the most reputable Soviet film directors and screenwriters.

The oldest film school in the world, the VGIK, bears his name. Gerasimov started his film industry career as an actor in 1924. At first he appeared in Kozintsev and Trauberg films, such as The Overcoat and The New Babylon. Later, he was commissioned to produce screen versions of the literary classics of Socialist realism. His epic screenings of Alexander Fadeyev's The Young Guard (1948) and Mikhail Sholokhov's And Quiet Flows the Don (1957–58) were extolled by the authorities as exemplary.

During several decades of their teaching in the VGIK Gerasimov and his wife Tamara Makarova prepared many generations of Russian actors. In his last movie Gerasimov played Leo Tolstoy, while Makarova was cast as Tolstoy's wife. Gerasimov is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery of Moscow. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sergei Gerasimov (film director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known for

Acting
1987 Just Life... Actor (archive footage) N/A
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1984 Lev Tolstoy Actor Lev Tolstoi 58
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1979 VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession Actor N/A
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1976 Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life Actor Himself N/A
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1975 Daughters-Mothers Actor Pyotr Nikanorovich Vorobyev 58
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1973 Oh, Cinema, Cinema! Actor Himself N/A
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1970 One Hour With Kozintsev Actor Himself N/A
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1967 The Journalist Actor Alexei Kolesnikov 58
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1962 Men and Beasts Actor Lvov-Shcherbatsky 58
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1959 Stars Meet in Moscow Actor N/A
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1941 Masquerade Actor 58
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1934 Wake Lena Up Actor 58
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1929 Fragment of an Empire Actor 59
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1929 The New Babylon Actor Lutro, the journalist 59
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1927 The Club of the Big Deed Actor Medoks 58
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1927 Chuzhoy pidzhak Actor N/A
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1926 The Overcoat Actor Ярыжка (шулер-шантажист) 58
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1926 The Devil's Wheel Actor Man The Question 58
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Directing
1984 Lev Tolstoy Directing Director 58
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1980 The Youth of Peter Directing Director 59
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1980 At the Beginning of Glorious Days Directing Director 59
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1976 The Red and the Black Directing Director 59
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1975 Daughters-Mothers Directing Director 58
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1972 The Love of Mankind Directing Director 58
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1969 By the Lake Directing Director 59
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1967 The Journalist Directing Director 58
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1962 Men and Beasts Directing Director 58
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1957 Quiet Flows the Don Directing Director 59
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1957 The Wind Rose Directing Director 58
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1955 Nadezhda Directing Director N/A
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1953 Velikoye proshchaniye Directing Director 59
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1952 The Country Doctor Directing Director 59
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1951 The New China Directing Director N/A
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1948 The Young Guard Directing Director 58
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1946 Moscow Music Hall Directing Director N/A
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1945 Berlin Conference Directing Director N/A
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1945 Crimean Conference Directing Director N/A
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1944 The Ural Front Directing Director 59
Average
1943 The Invincible Directing Director 58
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1941 Masquerade Directing Director 58
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1939 The New Teacher Directing Director 58
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1938 Komsomolsk Directing Director 59
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1936 The Brave Seven Directing Director 58
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1934 Do I Love You? Directing Director N/A
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1931 Alone Directing Assistant Director 59
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Writing
1984 Lev Tolstoy Writing Screenplay 58
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1984 Lev Tolstoy Writing Story 58
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1980 At the Beginning of Glorious Days Writing Writer 59
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1980 The Youth of Peter Writing Writer 59
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1976 The Red and the Black Writing Writer 59
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1972 The Love of Mankind Writing Screenplay 58
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1969 By the Lake Writing Writer 59
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1967 The Journalist Writing Writer 58
Average
1962 Men and Beasts Writing Writer 58
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1958 The Memory of the Heart Writing Screenplay 59
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1957 Quiet Flows the Don Writing Writer 59
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1956 Road of Truth Writing Writer N/A
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1955 Nadezhda Writing Writer N/A
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1948 The Young Guard Writing Writer 58
Average
1944 The Ural Front Writing Screenplay 59
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1943 The Invincible Writing Screenplay 58
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1941 Masquerade Writing Writer 58
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1941 Chapayev is with Us Writing Writer 58
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1939 The New Teacher Writing Writer 58
Average
1936 The Brave Seven Writing Screenplay 58
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