Georgi Vasilyev Georgi Nikolayevich Vasilyev (russian: Гео́ргий Никола́евич Васи́льев) (25 November 1899 – 18 June 1946) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and actor. From 1928 to 1943, together with Serge ...

(russian: Георгий Николаевич Васильев, 1899 – 1946) and

Sergei Vasilyev Sergei Dmitrievich Vasilyev (russian: Серге́й Дми́триевич Васи́льев; 4 November 1900, Moscow – 16 December 1959, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and actor. From 1928 to 1943 togethe ...

(russian: Серге́й Дмитриевич Васильев, 1900 – 1959), usually credited as Vasilyev brothers (russian: Братья Васильевы) were two

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s and

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s . In spite of the fact that the two collaborators weren't actually relatives, they accepted the popular misunderstanding that they were brothers and used it in the credits to their movies.

Collaboration

The two Vasilyevs became acquainted in 1925 on cinema production facilities in Moscow. After the studio Goskino merged with the Moscow branch of Sevzapkino to form Sovkino (later known as

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), the Vasilyevs found themselves working in the same editing room, often working jointly on the same films. The feature-length documentary "

Heroic Deed Among the Ice ''Heroic Deed Among the Ice'' (russian: Подвиг во льдах, italic=yes) is a 1928 Soviet silent documentary film. It is also known as ''Exploit on the Ice'' and ''Ice-Breaker Krassin''. This film is the first collaboration between Geo ...

" (premiered on October 23, 1928) was their first directing experience. In the credits of their next (and their first feature film), " The Sleeping Beauty", they called themselves the Vasilyev brothers for the first time. The 1934 film "

Chapaev Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev or Chapaev (russian: link=no, Василий Иванович Чапаев; 5 September 1919) was a Russian soldier and Red Army commander during the Russian Civil War. Biography Chapayev was born into a poor peasan ...

" brought the Vasilyev brothers countrywide fame and worldwide professional recognition. The film's premiere took place on November 5 in 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 ...

cinema theatre "Titan". The film instantly became one of the most popular in Soviet history; over 30 million people in the Soviet Union had seen it within a year of its release.Bratya Vasilyevy. Collection of Works in 3 vols. Vol. 3. (Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1983), p. 545.

Joint filmography

* 1928 — Подвиг во льдах (

) (feature-length documentary) * 1930 — Спящая красавица ( The Sleeping Beauty) * 1932 — Личное дело (Тревожные гудки) ( A Personal Affair (Alarming Siren)) * 1933 — Невероятно - но факт! (

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) (short documentary) * 1934 — Чапаев (

) * 1937 — Волочаевские дни (

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aka Volochayev Days) * 1942 — Оборона Царицына (

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aka

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), (dilogy) * 1943 — Фронт (

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)

Sergei Vasilyev's filmography (after 1946)

* 1950 — Наши песни (

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), (unfinished) * 1954 — Герои Шипки (

Heroes of Shipka ''Geroite na Shipka'' ( bg, Героите на Шипка, links=no; russian: Герои Шипки, links=no, ''Geroi Shipki''; in English: ''Shipka heroes''; US title: ''Heroes of Shipka'') is a 1955 Soviet Union/Bulgarian co-production drama f ...

) * 1958 — В дни Октября (

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), (part 1)

Bibliography

* In Russian: Братья Васильевы: Собрание сочинений в 3-х тт. - Москва: Искусство, 1983.

Notes

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