Nikolai Vladimirovich Ekk (russian: Николай Владимирович Экк; 14 June 1902 – 14 July 1976) was a Soviet and Russian

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and

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. "Ekk" was in fact a pseudonym; his real surname was Ivakin (russian: Ивакин).

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(1969–1978) // 3rd edition. Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia Born in

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, he studied acting and directing in the theater 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 ...

. He directed six feature films between 1929 and 1967. Among them was the first Soviet

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'' Road to Life'' and the first Soviet

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'' The Nightingale''.

Filmography

* ''How Should and How Shouldn't (Как надо и как не надо)'' (1929) * '' Road to Life (Путёвка в жизнь)'' (1931) * '' The Nightingale (Груня Корнакова)'' (1936) * ''The Fair of Sorochinsk (Сорочинская ярмарка)'' (1938) * ''When the Snow Is Falling... (Когда падает снег...)'' (1962) * ''A Man in a Green Glove'' (1967) *''

The Nile and The Life The Nile and the Life (Egyptian Arabic: النيل والحياة translit: ''Al Nil wal Hayah'') is a 1968 Egyptian-Soviet film starring Salah Zulfikar and directed by Youssef Chahine. Plot The film painted a picture of Egyptian society, as wel ...

'' (1968) *''

Those People of the Nile Those People of the Nile (Egyptian Arabic: الناس والنيل, French: ''Ces gens du Nil'', translit: ''Al Nass Wal Nil or Al Nas wal Nil'', aliases: People of the Nile) is a 1972 drama film directed by Youssef Chahine. It stars Salah Zulfi ...

'' (1972)

Family

Nikolai Ekk was married to Ukrainian film actress

Valentina Ivashova Valentina Semyonovna Ivashova ( uk, Валентина Семенiвна Ивашова, russian: Валентина Ceмёнoвна Ивашёва; 1915–1991) was a Soviet film actress.Sadoul & Morris p.6 She was sometimes credited as Vera Ivas ...

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* 1902 births 1976 deaths 20th-century Russian male actors 20th-century Russian screenwriters 20th-century Russian male writers Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Male screenwriters Russian film directors Soviet film directors Soviet screenwriters {{USSR-film-director-stub