Gleb Anatolyevich Panfilov (russian: Глеб Анатольевич Панфилов, link=no; born 21 May 1934 in

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) is an internationally acclaimed

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n film director noted for a string of mostly historical films starring his wife,

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Biography

In the 1980s Panfilov, a chemist by profession, moved to theatre directing, but also found time to adapt for the screen

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's play ''Valentina'' (1981), as well as

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's '' Vassa Zheleznova'' (1983) and ''

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'' Mother (1990 film), (1989). ''

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'' won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival and Russia's

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. He won the

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at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival for the film ''

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''. Despite the hardships of the 1990s Panfilov was committed to directing '' The Romanovs: An Imperial Family'', an epic story of the

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. The film, finally released in 2000, was a sort of family project involving his wife as well as children. It was also his first movie that did not feature his wife in a leading role. In 2000 at the

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Panfilov was awarded an Honorable Prize for his contribution to cinema. In January 2006 RTR TV aired Panfilov's

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based on

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's novel ''

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''. The Nobel Prize-winning author helped adapt the novel for the screen and narrated the film.

Filmography

Director

*'' Narodnaya militsya'' (1958) *'' Vstavay v nash stroy!'' (1959) *'' Nina Melovizinova'' (1962) (TV) *'' Ubit ne na voyne'' (1962) (TV) *'' Delo Kurta Klauzevitsa'' (1963) (TV) *'' V ogne broda net'' (1967) *'' Nachalo'' (1970) *'' I Want the Floor'' (1975) *''

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'' (1979) *'' Valentina'' (1981) *''

'' (1983) *''

'' (1990) *'' Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya semya'' (2000) *'' V kruge pervom'' (2006) (TV mini-series) *''

Ivan Denisovich ''One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'' (russian: links=no, italics=yes, Один день Ивана Денисовича, Odin den' Ivana Denisovicha, ) is a short novel by the Russian writer and Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, first p ...

'' (2021)

Writer

*'' Ubit ne na voyne'' (1962) (TV) *'' Delo Kurta Klauzevitsa'' (1963) (TV) *'' V ogne broda net'' (1967) *'' Nachalo'' (1970) *'' Proshu slova'' (1975) *'' Chelovek, kotoromu vezlo'' (1978) *''

'' (1979) *'' Vstrecha'' (1979) *'' Valentina'' (1981) *''

'' (1983) *''

'' (1990) *'' Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya semya'' (2000)

References

Who Is Who in Modern Russian Culture

External links

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Official Site
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