Vladimir Abramovich Rapoport (russian: Владимир Абрамович Рапопорт, link=no; 6 November 1907,

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– 17 June 1975,

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) was a

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. Vladimir Rapoport received the

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four times: in 1942, 1946, 1949, 1951 and the

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

in 1971.

Selected filmography

*'' Golden Mountains'' (1931) *''

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'' (1932) *'' Girl Friends'' (1936) *''Large Wings'' (1937) *''Frontier'' (1938) *''

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'' (1938) *''She Defends the Motherland'' (1943) *''Sons'' (1946) *''A New Home'' (1947) *'' The Young Guard'' (1948) *''

The New China ''The New China,'' also rendered in English as ''Liberated China'' (russian: Освобождённый Китай, translit=Osvobozhdyonnyy Kitay), is a 1950 Soviet documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional mot ...

'' (1950) *''The Country Doctor'' (1951) *''Wolves and Sheep'' (1952) *'' Vassa Zheleznova'' (1953) *''Barbarians'' (1953) *''Least We Forget'' (1954) *''To a New Shore'' (1955) *''

And Quiet Flows the Don ''And Quiet Flows the Don'' (''Quiet Flows the Don'' or ''The Silent Don'', russian: Тихий Дон, literally ''The Quiet Don'') is a novel in four volumes by Russian writer Mikhail Sholokhov. The first three volumes were written from 192 ...

'' (1957–1958) *''Leon Gaross Looks for a Friend'' (1961) *''Men and Beasts'' (1962) *''Comrade Arseni'' (1965) *''The Journalist'' (1967) *''A Village Detective'' (1968) *''

By the Lake ''By the Lake'' (russian: У озера, U ozera) is a two-part 1969 Soviet film directed by Sergei Gerasimov. In 1971 the USSR State Prize for this film was awarded to Sergei Gerasimov, cinematographer Vladimir Rapoport, art director Pyotr Gal ...

'' (1969) *''The Love of Mankind'' (1973) *''Mothers and Daughters'' (1974) *''Aniskin and Fantomas'' (1974)

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* Soviet cinematographers Recipients of the USSR State Prize Stalin Prize winners 1907 births 1975 deaths {{Cinematographer-stub