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Abram Room
Abram Matveyevich Room (russian: Абрам Матвеевич Роом; 28 June 1894 in Wilno, Russian Empire (now Vilnius, Lithuania) – 26 July 1976 in Moscow) was a Russian film director. He was a People's Artist of the RSFSR and winner of the Stalin Prize. Biography In 1914-1917 he studied at the St. Petersburg Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute, between 1917 and 1922 at the medical faculty of Saratov State University. From 1917 he worked in Saratov in the arts department as professor and rector of the Higher theatrical art workshops. Since 1923 he was the director of Vsevolod Meyerhold’s Theatre of the Revolution in Moscow, director and teacher of the Higher Pedagogical School of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee in the Kremlin. Since 1924 he was the director at the studios Goskino, Sovkino, Soyuzkino. Since 1936 he was director at the studio Mosfilm. In 1925-1934 he taught at VGIK as a senior lecturer. Room's best known film is ''Bed and Sofa'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. The rise of the Russian Empire coincided with the decline of neighbouring rival powers: the Swedish Empire, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Qajar Iran, the Ottoman Empire, and Qing China. It also held colonies in North America between 1799 and 1867. Covering an area of approximately , it remains the third-largest empire in history, surpassed only by the British Empire and the Mongol Empire; it ruled over a population of 125.6 million people per the 1897 Russian census, which was the only census carried out during the entire imperial period. Owing to its geographic extent across three continents at its peak, it featured great ethnic, linguistic, religious, and economic diversity. From the 10th–17th centuries, the land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plan For Great Works
''The Plan for Great Works'' (russian: План великих работ, Plan velikikh rabot) is a 1930 Soviet documentary film directed by Abram Room and widely regarded as the first Soviet sound film.Christie & Taylor p.432 The film's soundtrack was composed by Arseny Avraamov Arseny Mikhailovich Avraamov (russian: Арсений Михайлович Авраамов) (born Krasnokutsky раснокутский 1886 died Moscow, 1944) was an avant-garde Russian composer and theorist. He studied at the Russian Insti ..., who also acted as sound designer and sound editor. References Bibliography * Christie, Ian & Taylor, Richard. ''The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939''. Routledge, 2012. External links * 1930 films Soviet silent films 1930s Russian-language films 1930 documentary films Soviet documentary films Films directed by Abram Room Soviet black-and-white films Black-and-white documentary films {{1930s-USSR-film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Theatre Directors
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk ( Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Deaths
Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the Soviet Union. * January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in Stuttgart. * January 18 ** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. ** The Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party. ** Super Bowl X in American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in Miami. * January 21 – First commercial Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain. * January 27 ** The United States v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1894 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States. * January 9 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard, in Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is 10 miles (16 km) from Downtown Boston. The population was 34,454 as of the 2020 census. The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans, and was firs .... * February 12 ** French anarchist Émile Henry (anarchist), Émile Henry sets off a bomb in a Paris café, killing one person and wounding twenty. ** The barque ''Elisabeth Rickmers'' of Bremerhaven is wrecked at Haurvig, Denmark, but all crew and passengers are saved. * February 15 ** In Korea, peasant unrest erupts in the Donghak Peasant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Film Directors
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Saint Petersburg, Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kyiv, Kiev (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, Uzbek SSR), Almaty, Alma-Ata (Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Man Before His Time
''A Man Before His Time'' (russian: Преждевременный человек) is a 1971 Soviet drama film directed by Abram Room. It is based on ''Yakov Bogomolov'', an unfinished play by Maxim Gorky (ca. 1916). Plot The film is set in the Karadag coast of the Crimea at the turn of the 20th century. It tells about the engineer Bogomolov, who is so passionate about his work that he does not notice how his wife cheats on him and his friends betray him. Cast * Igor Kvasha as Yakov Bogomolov * Anastasiya Vertinskaya as Olga Borisovna * Aleksandr Kalyagin as Nikon Bukeyev * Boris Ivanov as Uncle Jean * Nina Shatskaya as Nina Arkadyevna * Valentin Smirnitskiy Valentin Georgievich Smirtinsky (russian: Валентин Георгиевич Смирнитский; born 10 June 1944 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of Russia (2005). Filmography * ''Walking the Stree ... as Boris Ladygin * Irina Varley as Verochka * Anatoliy Adoskin as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Garnet Bracelet (film)
''The Garnet Bracelet'' (russian: Гранатовый браслет) is a 1964 Soviet drama film directed by Abram Room. Plot A Russian official falls in love with a young lady, but she does not reciprocate. Cast * Ariadna Shengelaia as Vera Nikolayevna (as Ariadna Shengelaya) * Igor Ozerov as Zheltkov * Oleg Basilashvili as Vasily Lvovitch * Vladislav Strzhelchik as Nikolai Nikolayevich * Natalya Malyavina as Anna Nikolayevna (as N. Malyavina) * Yuri Averin as Von Friesse (as Yu. Averin) * Olga Zhizneva as Mme. Zarzhitskaya * Leonid Gallis Leonid (russian: Леонид ; uk, Леонід ; be, Леанід, Ljeaníd ) is a Slavic version of the given name Leonidas. The French version is Leonide. People with the name include: *Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), Russian playwright a ... as Anosov References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garnet Bracelet, The 1964 films 1960s Russian-language films Soviet drama films 1964 drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvery Dust
''Silvery Dust'' (russian: Серебристая пыль, Serebristaya pyl) is a 1953 Soviet science fiction drama film directed by Pavel Armand and Abram Room and starring Mikhail Bolduman, Sofiya Pilyavskaya and Valentina Ushakova.Liehm & Liehm p.69 Synopsis The film takes place in the United States. Samuel Steal is a scientist with only one life purpose - to become rich. The professor invents a powerful new weapon of mass destruction; a deadly radioactive silver-gray powder. To possess Steal's invention, a struggle between two military-industrial behemoth trusts involving gangsters begins. Cast * Mikhail Bolduman as Samuel Steal * Sofiya Pilyavskaya as Doris Steal * Valentina Ushakova as Jen O'Connel * Nikolai Timofeyev as Allan O'Connel * Vsevolod Larionov as Harry Steal * Vladimir Belokurov as Upton Bruce * Rostislav Plyatt as McKennedy * Grigori Kirillov as Dr. Kurt Schneider * Aleksandr Khanov as Charles Armstrong * Valeriy Lekarev as Gideon Sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Severe Young Man
A Severe Young Man (russian: Строгий юноша) is a 1936 Soviet drama film directed by Abram Room. Plot The film tells about a young sportsman Gregory, who falls in love with the wife of an outstanding scientist - Julian Nikolayevich Stepanov. After completion, the film was suppressed until the 1970s because it did not conform to the Soviet doctrine of Socialist Realism. Starring * Dmitri Dorlyak as Grisha Fokin * Olga Zhizneva as Masha Stepanova * Yuri Yuryev as Professor Yuliyan Stepanov * Maksim Shtraukh as Fyodor Tsitronov * Valentina Serova as Liza * Georgiy Sochevko as Kolya * Irina Volodko as Olga * Aleksandr Chistyakov as Olga's Father * Dmitri Golubinsky as Surgeon Ivan Germanovich * Ekaterina Melnikova Ekaterina is a Russian feminine given name, and an alternative transliteration of the Russian ''Yekaterina''. Katya and Katyusha are common diminutive forms of Ekaterina. Notable people with the name can be found below. Arts * Ekaterina Medvede ... as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potholes (film)
''Potholes'' (russian: Ухабы, Ukhaby) is a 1928 Soviet silent romantic drama directed by Abram Room.Christie & Taylor p.432 The film's art direction Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the visi ... was done by Viktor Aden. Synopsis The setting of the film is a glass factory. Glassblower Paul and the grinder Tanya fall in love and become husband and wife. At the factory, downsizing is happening and Tanya gets dismissed. She does not look for another job, deciding to devote himself to the family and the child. Meanwhile, Paul begins to have romantic relations with his co-worker Lisa and even leaves his family for her. Tanya finds a job at a factory in another city. On the boat, she meets Paul. Deciding to leave his past behind and start a new life he also transferred to ano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jews On Land
Jews on Land (russian: Евреи на земле) is a 1927 Soviet short documentary film directed by Abram Room. Plot The Soviet propaganda documentary "The Jew and the Earth" was filmed by OZET as part of a campaign against anti-Semitism in the USSR in the late 1920s. The film shows how the Jewish workers colonize the Black Sea area and Crimean lands. The communes are created for successful development of the abandoned lands, in which people are living only internal colonial life. Jewish colonists are represented as one large family against the backdrop of manifestations of anti-Semitism that intensified in the USSR in the late 1920s. Crew * Director - Abram Room * Writers - Vladimir Mayakovsky, Abram Room, and Viktor Shklovsky * Cameraman - Albert Queen * Assistant director - Lilya Brik References External links *Jews on Landon OZET OZET (russian: ОЗЕТ, Общество землеустройства еврейских трудящихся) was the public Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
