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Yakov Protazanov (1881–1945)

Director | Writer | Actor

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Russian director from 1911, former actor. Fled Russia during the post-Revolution civil war and worked for a time in France. Returned in 1924 to direct his most famous film, the pioneering science fiction Aelita: Queen of Mars. Unlike many of his peers, he had a fondness for lighter subjects, from romantic melodramas to Oriental escapism, such as Adventures in Bokhara. See more trivia »

Born:

Yakov Aleksandrovich Protazanov
in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Died:

(age 64) in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
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1943 Adventures in Bokhara
 
1941 Salavat Yulayev
 
1938 Semiklassniki
 
1937 Without Dowry
 
1936 O strannostyakh lyubvi
 
1934 Marionettes
 
1933 An Hour with Chekhov
 
1931 Tommi
 
1930 Holiday of St. Jorgen (as Ya.A. Protazanov)
 
1928 Belyy oryol
 
1928 Don Diego i Pelageya
 
1927 Man from the Restaurant
 
1927 Sorok pervyy
 
1926 Three Thieves
 
1925 Yego prizyv
 
1925 Zakroyshchik iz Torzhka
 
1924 Aelita: Queen of Mars
 
1923 Der Liebe Pilgerfahrt
 
1923 Lord Chilcott
 
1923 L'ombre du pêché
 
1923 Pour une nuit d'amour
 
1922 Le sens de la mort (as Jacob Protozanoff)
 
1921 Justice d'abord
 
1920 Agonizing Adventure (as Jacob Protozanoff)
 
1919 Golgofa zhenschiny
 
1919 To nadezhda to revnost slepaya
 
1919 The Queen's Secret
 
1919 The Black Horde
 
1919 Father Sergius (co-director)
 
1918 Gornichnaya Jenny
 
1918 Bogatyr dukha
 
1918 Malyutka Elli
 
1918 Parasites of Life
 
1917 Yeyo vleklo bushuyuscheye morye
 
1917 Satan Triumphant
 
1917 Damned Millions
 
1917 The Unfinished Fresco (short)
 
1917 Blood Need Not Be Spilled (co-director)
 
1917 Andrey Kozhukhov
 
1917 Public Prosecutor
 
1916 The Dagger Woman
 
1916 The Queen of Spades
 
1916 Sin
 
1916 House of Death
 
1916 Nishchaya
 
1915 Nikolay Stavrogin
 
1915 Plebeian
 
1915 Voyna i mir
 
1915 Petersburg Slums (co-director)
 
1915 Deti vanyushina (short)
 
1915 Para gnedych (short)
 
1915 Possessed (short)
 
1914 Guardian of Virtue
 
1914 Love
 
1914 Dance of the Vampire
 
1913 Klyuchi schastiya
 
1913 How Fine, How Fresh the Roses Were
 
1913 Muzikalniy moment
 
1913 A Chopin Nocturne
 
1913 Odin nasladilsya, drugoy rasplatilsya
 
1913 The Shattered Vase
 
1913 Za chest' russkogo znameni
 
1912 Anfisa
 
1912 Departure of a Grand Old Man (short) (co-director)
 
1911 The Convict's Song (short)
 
1909 Bakchisarayskiy fontan
 
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1943 Adventures in Bokhara (writer)
 
1937 Without Dowry (screenplay)
 
1934 Marionettes
 
1933 An Hour with Chekhov (writer)
 
1932 Diary of a Revolutionist (as J.A. Protozanov)
 
1931 Tommi
 
1930 Holiday of St. Jorgen (screenplay / as Ya. Protazanov)
 
1928 Belyy oryol (writer)
 
1927 Man from the Restaurant
 
1926 Three Thieves
 
1923 L'ombre du pêché
 
1922 Le sens de la mort
 
1920 Agonizing Adventure (screenplay / as Jacob Protozanoff / story / as Jacob Protozanoff)
 
1919 The Queen's Secret (writer)
 
1919 The Black Horde
 
1918 Gornichnaya Jenny
 
1918 Malyutka Elli
 
1917 Yeyo vleklo bushuyuscheye morye
 
1917 Damned Millions
 
1917 Blood Need Not Be Spilled
 
1917 Andrey Kozhukhov
 
1916 The Queen of Spades
 
1916 Nishchaya
 
1915 Plebeian
 
1915 Voyna i mir
 
1913 How Fine, How Fresh the Roses Were (writer)
 
1913 The Shattered Vase (writer)
 
1911 The Convict's Song (short)
 
1910 A Night in May (screenplay)
 
1909 Bakchisarayskiy fontan (writer)
 
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1927 Man from the Restaurant
 
1925 Chess Fever (short)
Chemist
 
1911 The Convict's Song (short)
 
1909 The Death of Ivan the Terrible (short)
Garaburda
 
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1943 Adventures in Bokhara (producer)
 
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Trivia:

Russian director from 1911, former actor. Fled Russia during the post-Revolution civil war and worked for a time in France. Returned in 1924 to direct his most famous film, the pioneering science fiction Aelita: Queen of Mars. Unlike many of his peers, he had a fondness for lighter subjects, from romantic melodramas to Oriental escapism, such as Adventures in Bokhara. See more »

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