Nikolai Yakovlevich Beresnev ( June 26, 1893 - July 12, 1965 , Leningrad ) - Soviet film and theater director, screenwriter. Hero of the First World War , complete St. George Knight.
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| Birth name | Nikolay Yakovlevich Beresnev | ||||||
| Date of Birth | June 26, 1893 | ||||||
| Date of death | July 12, 1965 (72 years old) | ||||||
| Place of death | Leningrad , RSFSR , USSR | ||||||
| Citizenship |  the USSR | ||||||
| Profession | filmmaker screenwriter | ||||||
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Biography
In 1915 he graduated from the directing class of the theater school of F. Komissarzhevsky. Member of the First World War. The officer. For courage he was awarded the St. George Crosses of all four degrees.
In the 1920s, he directed the theaters of Moscow and Leningrad (including the 1st Moscow Proletkult Theater ), collaborated with V. E. Meyerhold .
In 1926-1933 - Director and screenwriter of the film studio " Lenfilm ", then in 1936-1938 - at " Belgoskino ".
Member of World War II. Being already of unapproachable age, he achieved sending to the front, he fought. He became a holder of the Order of Glory of the III degree, was awarded the medal "For Courage". [one]
Since 1949 he worked at the Leningrad film studio of popular science films. Prominent director of the popular science and art criticism cinema. Among his best directorial works in this area are: The State Hermitage Museum (1955), Exhibition of the Dresden Art Gallery (1955), Battle Painters (1957), Soviet Battle Painting (1958), Gogol in St. Petersburg (1959), βThe Art of Restorationβ (1959), βArtist Valentin Serovβ (1961), etc.
He was buried in the Northern cemetery of St. Petersburg .
Filmography
Directing
- 1928 - Golden Honey (with V. Petrov)
- 1929 - Cavalry rides
- 1931 - rout (film by Alexander Fadeev )
- 1933 - Annenkovschina
Scripting
- 1928 - Golden Honey (with V. Petrov) (about the children's labor commune)
- 1929 - Cavalry rides (about the Civil War)
- 1930 - Son of the country
- 1931 - rout (about the civil war)
- 1933 - Annenkovschina (about the civil war)
Notes
- β Feat of the people Archived on July 29, 2012.