Yakov Protazanov
Directing·February 4, 1881·† August 9, 1945 — 64 years old·Moscow, Russian Empire
Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov (Russian: Яков Александрович Протазанов; February 4 (O.S. January 23), 1881 – August 8, 1945) was a Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema of Russia. He was an Honored Artist of the Russian SFSR (1935) and Uzbek SSR (1944).
Known For
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1943Nasreddin in BukharaDirector1941Salavat YulayevDirector1938Seventh GradersDirector1937Without DowryDirector · Screenplay1936On the Strangeness of LoveDirector1934MarionettesDirector · Writer1932Diary of a RevolutionistWriter1931Siberian PatrolDirector · Screenplay1930St. Jorgen's DayDirector · Screenplay1929Ranks and PeopleDirector · Writer1928The White EagleDirector · Writer1928Don Diego and PelagiaDirector1927The Man from the RestaurantDirector · Screenplay1927The Forty-FirstDirector1926The Three Million TrialDirector · Screenplay1925Chess FeverChemist1925The Tailor from TorzhokDirector1925His CallDirector1924Aelita: Queen of MarsDirector1923Member Of ParliamentDirector1921Justice d'abordDirector1920A Narrow EscapeDirector · Screenplay1919Woman's CalvaryDirector1919The Child of AnotherDirector1919The Queen's SecretDirector · Writer1918Father SergiusDirector1918Knight's SpiritDirector1918Jenny the MaidDirector · Writer1918Little EllieDirector · Writer1917Satan TriumphantDirector1917Blood Need Not Be SpilledDirector · Writer1917The ProsecutorDirector1917Dance of DeathDirector1916Beggar WomanDirector · Writer1916Panna MeriDirector · Screenplay1916SinDirector1916She Seeked Happiness So Madly, So PassionatelyDirector1916And The Song Remained UnfinishedDirector1916The Dagger WomanDirector1916The Queen of SpadesDirector · Writer1916I'm Gonna Hitch Three Fast Dark Brown HorsesDirector1915Me And My ConscienceDirector1915Nikolay StavroginDirector1915PlebeianDirector · Writer1915War and PeaceWriter · Director1915Petersburg SlumsDirector1915Sashka The SeminarianDirector · Writer1914Christmas in Trench LinesScreenplay · Director1913One Enjoyed, the Other PaidDirector1913What the Violin Wept AboutDirector1913How Beautiful And Fresh Were The Roses...Director · Screenplay1913The Broken VaseDirector · Screenplay1913Better Death than DishonourDirector1913The Love of a Japanese WomanCo-Director1913Musical MomentDirector1913How the Child's Soul CriedScreenplay · Director1913For The Honor of the Russian BannerDirector · Writer1913NailedDirector · Writer1913The Keys to HappinessDirector1913A Chopin NocturneDirector1912The Departure of a Great Old ManDirector1912AnfisaDirector1912Song About the Prophetic OlegThe wizard · Screenplay · Director1911Convict's SongDirector · Screenplay1911The First DistillerWriter1910May Night, or the Drowned MaidenWriter1909The Fountain of BakhchisarayDirector · Writer1909The Death of Ivan the TerribleGaraburda