Grigori Lvovich Roshal (russian: Григорий Львович Рошаль; October 21, 1899 – January 11, 1983) was a Soviet

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and

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. He directed 26 films between 1926 and 1968.

Biography

Grigori Roshal was born on 21 in October 1899 (according to other sources either on 20 in October 1899 or in 1898 ), in the city of

Novozybkov Novozybkov (russian: Новозы́бков; be, Навазыбкаў) is a historical town in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. Population: The city has a branch of the Bryansk State University. History It was founded in 1701 and was granted town status ...

(now

Bryansk Oblast Bryansk Oblast (russian: Бря́нская о́бласть, ''Bryanskaya oblast''), also known as Bryanshchina (russian: Брянщина, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is th ...

, Russia). After graduating from the Tenishev School in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

he was employed at the

People's Commissariat for Education The People's Commissariat for Education (or Narkompros; russian: Народный комиссариат просвещения, Наркомпрос, directly translated as the "People's Commissariat for Enlightenment") was the Soviet agency charge ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

and

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between the years 1918 and 1919. Since 1919 he was an instructor at the People's Commissariat of

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

, selected as head of the artistic and educational part of the children's playground in

Zheleznovodsk Zheleznovodsk (russian: Железново́дск) is a town in Stavropol Krai, Russia. Population: Etymology The name of the town literally means ''iron-water-place'', as the mineral waters springing from the earth in Zheleznovodsk were beli ...

. In 1921 he moved to

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

to work in the People's Commissariat for Russia as an instructor in the school theater, was chairman of the Council on Arts Education Main Department of Social Education and taught the subject of theater at the Central House of the communist education of the working youth. Between 1921-1923 he studied at the State Higher Director's Workshops of

Vsevolod Meyerhold Vsevolod Emilyevich Meyerhold (russian: Всеволод Эмильевич Мейерхольд, translit=Vsévolod Èmíl'evič Mejerchól'd; born german: Karl Kasimir Theodor Meyerhold; 2 February 1940) was a Russian and Soviet theatre ...

(GVYRM) created in 1921 by Vsevolod Meyerhold and his pupil

Konstantin Derzhavin Konstantin Nikolayevich Derzhavin (russian: Константин Николаевич Державин, in Batumi – 2 November 1956 in Leningrad) was a Russian Soviet literary and theater critic, translator, and writer.Goskino Goskino USSR (russian: link=Yes, Госкино СССР) is the abbreviated name for the USSR State Committee for Cinematography (Государственный комитет по кинематографии СССР) in the Soviet Union. It w ...

, the studio

Belgoskino Belarusfilm ( be, Беларусьфільм) is the main film studio of Belarus. History Belarusfilm, under the name ''Belgoskino'' was founded in 1924. In 1928, the ''Soviet Belarus'' studio (''Савецкая Беларусь'') was founde ...

Mezhrabpomfilm Mezhrabpomfilm (russian: Межрабпомфильм), from the word ''film'', and the Russian acronym for Workers International Relief or Workers International Aid (russian: Международная рабочая помощь, was a German-Ru ...

and

All-Ukrainian Photo Cinema Administration (VUFKU) The All-Ukrainian Photo Cinema Administration ( uk, Всеукраїнське фото кіноуправління, translit=Vse-Ukrainske Foto Kino Upravlinnia, or uk, ВУФКУ, translit=VUFKU, label=none) was a cinematographic state monopoly ...

. As of 1931 he was the director of

Mosfilm Mosfilm (russian: Мосфильм, ''Mosfil’m'' ) is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output incl ...

and director of the

Lenfilm Lenfilm (russian: link=no, Ленфильм) is a Russian production company with its own film studio located in Saint Petersburg (the city was called Leningrad from 1924 to 1991, thus the name). It is a corporation with its stakes shared betwee ...

film studio in the years 1947-1954. In 1949 he wrote a chapter on Soviet cinema for the book "Experiment in Film". Was appointed as teacher at the

Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...

between the years 1953-1964. In 1957 he headed the All-Union Committee for Work with film enthusiasts under the rule of the Cinematographers Union of the USSR. In the 1970s he taught at the

Moscow State Art and Cultural University Moscow State Art and Cultural University (russian: Московский государственный университет культуры и искусств) is a Russian university, a vocational training center in the field of culture and a ...

giving a course for new specialist-teachers directing of amateur film studios. Founder and artistic director of the film department in this university. Grigori Roshal died on 11 January 1983 and was buried in Moscow at the

Kuntsevo Cemetery The Kuntsevo Cemetery (russian: Ку́нцевское кла́дбище, kúntsevkoye kládbishche) is a cemetery servicing Kuntsevo, Moscow. It is located on the bank of the Setun River, to the south of the Mozhaisk Highway (the continuation ...

Family

* Vera Stroyeva - wife, director and playwright. *Marianna Rochal - daughter, director of feature films.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) * ''

The Oppenheim Family The Oppenheim Family (russian: Семья Оппенгейм, Semja Oppengejm) is a 1938 (released in May 1939 in the USA) Soviet drama film, directed by Grigori Roshal. It is one of the earliest film directly dealing with the persecution of Jews i ...

'' (1936) * ''

Dawn of Paris ''Dawn of Paris'' (russian: Зори Парижа) is a 1936 Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Roshal. Plot The film tells about the Polish revolutionary democrat, Jaroslav Dombrowski, who led the army of the Paris Commune in 1871. Cast * ...

'' (1939) * ''

Ivan Pavlov Ivan Petrovich Pavlov ( rus, Ива́н Петро́вич Па́влов, , p=ɪˈvan pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈpavləf, a=Ru-Ivan_Petrovich_Pavlov.ogg; 27 February 1936), was a Russian and Soviet experimental neurologist, psychologist and physiol ...

'' (1949) * ''

Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ( rus, link=no, Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky , mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj, Ru-Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky version.ogg; – ) was a Russian compo ...

'' (1950) * ''

Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov . At the time, his name was spelled Николай Андреевичъ Римскій-Корсаковъ. la, Nicolaus Andreae filius Rimskij-Korsakov. The composer romanized his name as ''Nicolas Rimsk ...

'' (1952) *'' The Sisters'' (1957)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roshal, Grigori 1899 births 1983 deaths People from Novozybkov Soviet film directors Soviet screenwriters Male screenwriters People's Artists of the USSR Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography faculty Belarusfilm films 20th-century screenwriters