Iosif Yefimovich Kheifits ( be, Іосіф Яўхімавіч Хейфіц; – 24 April 1995) was a Soviet film director, winner of two

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s (1941, 1946),

People's Artist of USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

(1964),

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(1975). Member of the

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since 1945.

Life and career

Kheifets was born 17 December 1905 in

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. In 1927 he graduated from the Leningrad Technical-screen art, and in 1928 - cinema faculty of Institute of History of Art. In 1928, Iosif Kheifets came to work at the film studio "Sovkino" (now -

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Studio). In film, he first made his debut as a

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, with Aleksandr Ivanov and

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he created the scripts for films "Moon on the left" and "Transportation of fire". Then, Iosif Kheifits became a director, while from 1928 to 1950 he worked with Alexander Zarkhi, headed the 1st Komsomol stage brigade of the

Leningrad 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 ...

factory "Sovkino" (now Lenfilm Studio), releasing films on the Soviet youth- "Wind in the face"(1930), "Noon" (1931), the comedy " Hectic Days" (1935). " Baltic Deputy" (1937), with deep historical and psychological truth, great artistic power, showed how great Russian scientist Professor Polezhayev (referring to

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, starring

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) joined

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. A significant piece of cinema became "Member of the Government" (1939), film centered on the image of a Russian peasant woman (starring

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), who took the difficult path from a farmhand to a deputy of the

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. Together with Zarkhi he set such films as "His name is Sukhebaator" (1942), "Malakhov Kurgan" (1944), the documentary "The defeat of Japan" (1945). In 1950s he directed such famous films as "

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", " Rumyantsev Case", "My dear man". Then Iosif Kheifits turned towards the Russian classics, filmed works of

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- " Lady with the Dog", "Good bad man", "Asya", "Shurochka". In 1970 his film ''

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'' entered the

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. In 1975 he was a member of the jury at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. Deep disclosure of the inner nature of characters, fine understanding of cinematic language and expressive details cab be listed as distinctive features of his work. His films brightly and und unexpectedly opened creative individualities of may actors, such as

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, Elena Koreneva, Stanislav Sadalskiy. Many times the director's work were honored with various film awards, including

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. Last work of Heifits was dramatic film 'Vagrant Bus", which was released in 1989. Iosif Kheifits died 24 April 1995. He was buried at the cemetery in Komarovo.

Filmography

Directing work

Assistant director

* 1928 - Luna Sleva (The Moon Is to the Left) * 1930 - Transport Ognya (Transport of Fire)

Director

* 1930 - Wind in the Face * 1931 - Noon * 1933 -

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* 1935 - Hectic Days * 1936 - Baltic Deputy * 1939 -

Member of the Government Member of the Government (russian: Член правительства, Chlen pravitelstva) is a 1939 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits and Aleksandr Zarkhi. Plot Aleksandra Sokolova, the wife of a peasant and a former farm laborer ...

* 1942 - His Name Is Sukhe-Bator * 1944 -

The Last Hill The Last Hill, (russian: Малахов курган) is a 1944 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits and Aleksandr Zarkhi. Plot The film tells about five sailors fighting on Malakhov Kurgan for Sevastopol. Starring * Nikolay Kryuchk ...

* 1946 - '' In the Name of Life'' * 1948 - The precious grains * 1950 - '' The Lights of Baku'' * 1953 - ''

Spring in Moscow ''Spring in Moscow'' (russian: Весна в Москве, Vesna v Moskve) is a 1953 Soviet musical film directed by Iosif Kheifits and Nadezhda Kosheverova and starring Galina Korotkevich, Vladimir Petrov and Yuri Bublikov.Hibbin p.230 It wa ...

'' * 1954 - ''

'' * 1955 - '' The Rumyantsev Case'' * 1958 -

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* 1961 - The Horizon * 1960 - Lady with the Dog * 1963 - Day of Happiness * 1966 - In S. City * 1971 -

* 1973 - Bad good man * 1975 - The only one * 1977 - Asya * 1979 - First Time Married * 1983 - Shurotchka * 1986 - The Accused * 1988 - Whose Are You, Old People? * 1989 - Vagrant bus

Written scenarios

* 1928 - Moon on the left * 1935 - Hot denechki * 1939 - Member of the Government * 1944 - Malakhov Kurgan * 1986 - Defendant * 1989 - Vagrant bus

Awards and prizes

* Stalin Prize, second class (1941); for the film "Baltic Deputy" (1936) * Stalin Prize of the first degree (1946); for the documentary "The defeat of Japan" (1945) * People's Artist of the USSR (1964) * Hero of Socialist Labor (1975)

References

External links

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Film Reference
- Heifitz, Iosif {{DEFAULTSORT:Kheifits, Iosif 1905 births 1995 deaths Film people from Minsk People from Minsky Uyezd Belarusian Jews Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Soviet film directors Soviet screenwriters Male screenwriters High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors faculty Socialist realist artists People's Artists of the USSR Heroes of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Order of Lenin Stalin Prize winners Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples