Nikolai Vladimirovich Ekk (russian: Николай Владимирович Экк; 14 June 1902 – 14 July 1976) was a Soviet and Russian
film director and
screenwriter. "Ekk" was in fact a pseudonym; his real surname was Ivakin (russian: Ивакин).
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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(1969–1978) // 3rd edition. Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia
Born in
Riga, he studied acting and directing in the theater of
Vsevolod Meyerhold. He directed six feature films between 1929 and 1967. Among them was the first Soviet
sound film
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronization, synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decad ...
''
Road to Life'' and the first Soviet
color motion picture film ''
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)
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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 ...
'' (1968)
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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 Z ...
'' (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 Iva ...
.
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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
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