About

Known credits:
38
Birthday:
1901-01-24
Place of birth:
Irkutsk, Russian Empire [now Russia]
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Mikhail Romm

Overview

Mikhail Ilych Romm (Russian: Михаил Ильич Ромм; 24 January [O.S. 11 January] 1901 – 1 November 1971) was a Soviet film director.

He was born in Irkutsk. His father was a social democrat of Jewish descent who had been exiled there. He graduated from gymnasium in 1917 and entered the Moscow College for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. From 1918 - 1921, he served in the Red Army during the Russian civil war, first as a signalman and later rising to the rank of inspector of a Special Commission concerning the numbers of the Red Army and Fleet of the Field Staff of the Supreme Military Soviet of the Republic. As such he travelled a lot and had the opportunity to see much of the life in different parts of the country, something that he later said he "recalled with gratitude".

In 1925 he graduated as a sculptor from the class of Anna Golubkina of the Highest Artistic-Technical Institute and worked as a sculptor and translator. In 1928-1930 he conducted research on the theory of cinema in the Institute for the methods of extra-scholastic work. Since 1931 he worked at the Mosfilm studio. In 1940-1943 he was an artistic leader for the Mosfilm films production. In 1942-1947 he was the director of a theater studio for movie actors. From 1938 he was a lecturer, from 1948 he was the leader of the actor's-producer department of the VGIK, professor (from 1962). He influenced many prominent film-directors, including Andrei Tarkovsky, Grigori Chukhrai, Vasily Shukshin, Nikita Mikhalkov, Georgi Daneliya, Aleksander Mitta, Igor Talankin, Rezo Chkheidze, Gleb Panfilov, Vladimir Basov, Tengiz Abuladze, Elem Klimov and many others.

He wrote many books and articles on the theory of cinematographic art, and also memoirs. He was awarded the Stalin Prize 5 times (1941, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951). Romm was an honorary corresponding member of the Academy of the skills of DDR (1967).

Known for

Acting
2019 ВГИК100. Признание в любви Actor self (archive footage) N/A
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1985 Mikhail Romm. Confessions Of A Film Director Actor Himself (archive footage) N/A
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1974 And Still I Believe Actor himself 58
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1966 World Without a Game Actor Archive footage N/A
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1965 Triumph Over Violence Actor Narrator (voice) 60
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1958 Sergei Eisenstein Actor Himself (archive footage) N/A
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Directing
1974 И все-таки я верю... Directing Director N/A
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1974 And Still I Believe Directing Director 58
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1965 Triumph Over Violence Directing Director 60
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1962 Nine Days of One Year Directing Director 59
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1958 Lenin Is Alive Directing Director 59
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1956 Murder on Dante Street Directing Director 58
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1953 Attack from the Sea Directing Director 59
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1953 Admiral Ushakov Directing Director 59
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1950 Secret Mission Directing Director 58
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1949 Vladimir Ilich Lenin Directing Director 58
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1948 The Russian Question Directing Director 58
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1945 Girl No. 217 Directing Director 58
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1943 Dream Directing Director 59
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1939 Lenin in 1918 Directing Director 58
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1937 Lenin in October Directing Director 58
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1937 The Thirteen Directing Director 58
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1934 Boule de Suif Directing Director 58
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Writing
1974 And Still I Believe Writing Writer 58
Average
1965 Triumph Over Violence Writing Writer 60
Fair
1962 Nine Days of One Year Writing Writer 59
Average
1958 A Groom from the Right Society Writing Creative Producer 59
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1957 An Ordinary Man Writing Writer 59
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1956 A Weary Road Writing Screenplay 58
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1956 Murder on Dante Street Writing Writer 58
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1949 Vladimir Ilich Lenin Writing Writer 58
Average
1948 The Russian Question Writing Writer 58
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1945 Girl No. 217 Writing Writer 58
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1943 Dream Writing Writer 59
Average
1937 The Thirteen Writing Writer 58
Average
1934 Boule de Suif Writing Writer 58
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1933 Conveyor of Death Writing Writer 59
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Editing
1965 Triumph Over Violence Editing Editor 60
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