Yakov Protazanov
Born: 1881-02-04
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).
Chess Fever
as ChemistReleased: 1925-12-21
A young Soviet woman struggles to cope in a society obsessed with chess.
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as uncreditedReleased: 1913-04-18
A musical number based on Schubert's music.
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as GaraburdaReleased: 1909-10-06
Based on Aleksey Tolstoy's piece of the same name.
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