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Mark Donskoy(1901-1981)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Mark Donskoy
Mark Donskoy was born on 6 March 1901 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Gorky 1: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938), Foma Gordeev (1959) and The Taras Family (1945). He died on 21 March 1981 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
BornMarch 6, 1901
DiedMarch 21, 1981(80)
BornMarch 6, 1901
DiedMarch 21, 1981(80)
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  • Awards
    • 7 wins & 2 nominations

Known for

Mark Donskoy, Maxim Gorky, Ilya Gruzdev, Aleksei Lyarsky, Varvara Massalitinova, Daniil Sagal, Lev Shvarts, Mikhail Troyanovskiy, Pyotr Yermolov, Aleksandr Zhukov, and Vyacheslav Novikov in Gorky 1: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938)
Gorky 1: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
7.2
  • Director
  • 1938
Georgi Yepifantsev and Valentin Tsarev in Foma Gordeev (1959)
Foma Gordeev
6.8
  • Director
  • 1959
The Taras Family (1945)
The Taras Family
6.9
  • Director
  • 1945
Vera Maretskaya in Mother (1956)
Mother
6.8
  • Director
  • 1956

Credits

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Director

  • Suprugi Orlovy (1978)
    Suprugi Orlovy
    • Director
    • 1978
  • Nadezhda (1973)
    Nadezhda
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Shalyapin
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Yelena Fadeyeva in Vernost materi (1967)
    Vernost materi
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Serdtse materi (1966)
    Serdtse materi
    • Director
    • 1966
  • Zdravstvuyte, deti (1962)
    Zdravstvuyte, deti
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Georgi Yepifantsev and Valentin Tsarev in Foma Gordeev (1959)
    Foma Gordeev
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Vera Donskaya and Lazar Frayman in Dorogoy tsenoy (1957)
    Dorogoy tsenoy
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Vera Maretskaya in Mother (1956)
    Mother
    • Director
    • 1956
  • Nashi chempiony
    • Director
    • 1953
  • Andrei Abrikosov, Lev Sverdlin, and Boris Tenin in Alitet ukhodit v gory (1950)
    Alitet ukhodit v gory
    • Director
    • 1950
  • The Village Teacher (1947)
    The Village Teacher
    • Director
    • 1947
  • The Taras Family (1945)
    The Taras Family
    • Director
    • 1945
  • The Rainbow (1944)
    The Rainbow
    • Director
    • 1944
  • Heroes Are Made (1942)
    Heroes Are Made
    • Director
    • 1942

Writer

  • Suprugi Orlovy (1978)
    Suprugi Orlovy
    • Writer
    • 1978
  • Lyubov i svoboda (1972)
    Lyubov i svoboda
    • Writer
    • 1972
  • Zdravstvuyte, deti (1962)
    Zdravstvuyte, deti
    • Writer
    • 1962
  • Georgi Yepifantsev and Valentin Tsarev in Foma Gordeev (1959)
    Foma Gordeev
    • Writer
    • 1959
  • Vera Maretskaya in Mother (1956)
    Mother
    • Writer
    • 1956
  • The Taras Family (1945)
    The Taras Family
    • Writer
    • 1945
  • Heroes Are Made (1942)
    Heroes Are Made
    • screenplay
    • 1942
  • Gorky 3: My Universities (1940)
    Gorky 3: My Universities
    • Writer
    • 1940
  • Gorky 2: My Apprenticeship (1939)
    Gorky 2: My Apprenticeship
    • writer
    • 1939
  • Mark Donskoy, Maxim Gorky, Ilya Gruzdev, Aleksei Lyarsky, Varvara Massalitinova, Daniil Sagal, Lev Shvarts, Mikhail Troyanovskiy, Pyotr Yermolov, Aleksandr Zhukov, and Vyacheslav Novikov in Gorky 1: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938)
    Gorky 1: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
    • writer
    • 1938
  • V bolshom gorode (1928)
    V bolshom gorode
    • writer
    • 1928

Producer

  • Serdtse materi (1966)
    Serdtse materi
    • producer
    • 1966
  • Vera Maretskaya in Mother (1956)
    Mother
    • producer
    • 1956

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Mark Donskoi
  • Born
    • March 6, 1901
    • Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
  • Died
    • March 21, 1981
    • Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography

Did you know

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    Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 257-260 (as "Mark Donskoi"). New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.

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