Rostislav Nikolaevich Yurenev (russian: Ростислав Николаевич Юренев; — 28 May 2002
) was a

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(1969), Doctor of Arts (1961).

Biography

Yurenev was born April 13, 1912, in

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. His father was a prominent lawyer and criminologist, served in the judiciary, and after the

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he worked as a legal adviser for a

Revolutionary Military Council The Revolutionary Military Council (russian: Революционный Военный Совет, Revolyutsionny Voyenny Sovyet, Revolutionary Military Council), sometimes called the Revolutionary War CouncilBrian PearceIntroductionto Fyodor Ra ...

. As an author and editorhe published three-volume "Essays on the Soviet Cinema" (1956–1961), six-volume "Selected Works of Eisenstein"(1964–1971), and other scientific papers and publications on theoretical heritage of the classics of domestic and foreign cinema. He has published 44 books. Among them, "The Soviet Biographic Film" (1949), "

Alexander Dovzhenko Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko or Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko ( uk, Олександр Петрович Довженко, ''Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko''; russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Довже́нко, ''Aleksandr Petro ...

" (1959), "The Soviet Comedy" (1964), "Funny on the Screen" (1964), "Innovation and tradition of Soviet cinema" (1965), "A Brief History Soviet Cinema" (1979), "A Wonderful Window. A Brief History of World Cinema "(1983), a two-volume monograph "Sergei Eisenstein. Plan. Movies. Method" (1985-1989) and others. Yurenev was also the author of the scripts for more than ten documentary films, including "Sergei Eisenstein" (1958), "

Vsevolod Pudovkin Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin ( rus, Всеволод Илларионович Пудовкин, p=ˈfsʲevələt ɪlərʲɪˈonəvʲɪtɕ pʊˈdofkʲɪn; 16 February 1893 – 30 June 1953) was a Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter ...

" (1960), "The Birth of Soviet Cinema" (1968), "Kino Says about Himself" (1969), " Ivan Pyryev "(1979). In 1997 he published his lyrical collection "Poems from the Cherished Box." In 2007, a posthumous memoir "In Justification of This Life" was published.

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* Rostislav Yurenev. ''In Justification of This Life''. — M.: Mainland, 2007. — 637 p.: ill. PORTRAIT. 1912 births 2002 deaths Writers from Vitebsk Soviet film critics Soviet screenwriters Russian film critics Film theorists Academic staff of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Burials at Vvedenskoye Cemetery Academic staff of High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors Soviet World War II pilots {{film-critic-stub Russian memoirists