Nikolai Karmazinsky (1900, Nizhny Novgorod - 1991, Moscow}}) is one of the first (along with I. Kopalin, S. Bubrik, S. Gurov) Soviet documentary directors.
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| Profession | film director |
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Biography and Creativity
Pupil of Alexander Medvedkin , a member of the associations " Film train ", " Soyuzkino Chronicle ".
He graduated from the Literary and Art Institute. Bryusov. In 1925 he began working in the cinema, mainly in film periodic. Participated in the creation of documentary films and film kinokorokov- "May 1, 1926" (1926), "In memory of Felix Dzerzhinsky" (1926), etc. In 1932 as a director participated in the film train Soyuzkinohroniki, Dneprostroi, Crimea, Krivorozhie, Donbass, etc. Created many kinoocherkov, as well as the first Soviet kinofeleton "How are you, Comrade Miner?" (1932). In August 1934, director N. Karmazinsky, together with cameraman I. Belyakov and his assistant S. Kogan, set a record for high altitude shooting by taking part in a mass commanding alpine. Thus, for the first time in the history of cinema, the film crew went up to the highest mountain in Europe - Elbrus. Along with the work on film magazines, he participated in the creation of the documentary films “Fight for Kiev” (1936), “Madrid in Fire” (1936), “If Tomorrow is War” (1938), “Year 19th” (1937), “In Ice White Sea "(1948). He died in Moscow on September 8, 1991. He was buried in Moscow at the Kuzminsky cemetery.
“To the White Spot of the Arctic” (1931)
This is the first global film travel reportage. N. Karmazinsky was a member of one of the expeditions of George Ushakov .
"Do you live, comrade girnyak?" (1932)
Nine minute silent film with captions completely in Ukrainian. The film was shot at the Ukrainian mine "October" and recorded the miner's life: living families and singles in the same room, barracks, children in tatters, dirt in the house and on the street, disgusting food in the dining room. Scenes of meetings of the asset, equipped with ironic commentaries, were shot - a game with a glass and a decanter (the proverb “pouring from empty to empty”), pants with worn seats on the hanger (hinted at V. Mayakovsky ’s posed).
The film unambiguously answers the question “Do you live, comrade girnyak?” With the phrase “You can't live like this.” The film was shown to the miners, the asset and the management of the mine management. It immediately understood that the bosses of “Oktyabrskaya” had plundered the funds allocated for the improvement of everyday life. Subsequently, the leadership of the mine was put on trial.
“If tomorrow is war” (1938)
N. Karmazinsky worked on this film together with E. Dzigan , L. Antsi-Polovskiy , G. Berezko .