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Sergey Gerasimov(1906-1985)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actor
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Sergey Gerasimov
Sergei Gerasimov was born in the village of Kundravy in Urals area of the Russian Empire, in 1906. He studied at the Leningrad College of Arts and graduated from the Actors Department of the Leningrad Institute for Stage Arts in 1928. He started his film career in 1924 as an actor, continued as an assistant director and joined the "FEKS" film group, under the leadership of Grigoriy Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg, and Sergei Yutkevich. He taught acting class at Lenfilm Studios, and employed his students in his film Seven Brave Men (1936), which became a success. His student Tamara Makarova became his wife and partner in film-works.

Sergei Gerasimov directed the 1945 Victory Parade on the Red Square in Moscow. His apprentice, Nikolai Rozantsev, became a reputable Russian director. His students Sergey Bondarchuk, Inna Makarova, Sergei Gurzo, Lyudmila Shagalova, Nonna Mordyukova, Vyacheslav Tikhonov became instant celebrities after the success of his film The Young Guard (1948). His most acclaimed work was the epic film Quiet Flows the Don (1957), based on the eponymous book by Mikhail Sholokhov. A crowning finale to his career was the biographical film Lev Tolstoy, in which Gerasimov starred as the famous Russian writer. The oldest film school in the world, VGIK, is named after Sergei Gerasimov.
BornMay 21, 1906
DiedNovember 26, 1985(79)
BornMay 21, 1906
DiedNovember 26, 1985(79)
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  • Awards
    • 7 wins & 4 nominations

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Sergey Gerasimov in The New Babylon (1929)
Sergey Gerasimov in Fragment of an Empire (1929)
Sergey Gerasimov in Alone (1931)

Known for

Lev Tolstoy (1984)
Lev Tolstoy
6.9
  • Director
  • 1984
Elina Bystritskaya and Pyotr Glebov in Quiet Flows the Don (1957)
Quiet Flows the Don
7.7
  • Director
  • 1957
The New Teacher (1939)
The New Teacher
6.8
  • Director
  • 1939
The Young Guard (1948)
The Young Guard
7.0
  • Director
  • 1948

Credits

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Director

  • Lev Tolstoy (1984)
    Lev Tolstoy
    • Director
    • 1984
  • Yunost Petra (1980)
    Yunost Petra
    • Director
    • 1980
  • V nachale slavnykh del (1980)
    V nachale slavnykh del
    • Director
    • 1980
  • Krasnoe i chernoe (1976)
    Krasnoe i chernoe
    • Director
    • 1976
  • Dochki-materi (1975)
    Dochki-materi
    • Director
    • 1975
  • Lyubit cheloveka (1973)
    Lyubit cheloveka
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Natalya Belokhvostikova in U ozera (1970)
    U ozera
    • Director
    • 1970
  • Zhurnalist (1967)
    Zhurnalist
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Men and Beasts (1962)
    Men and Beasts
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Govorit sputnik (1959)
    Govorit sputnik
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Tikhiy Don II (1958)
    Tikhiy Don II
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Elina Bystritskaya and Pyotr Glebov in Quiet Flows the Don (1957)
    Quiet Flows the Don
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Die Windrose (1957)
    Die Windrose
    • Director (Russian segment)
    • 1957
  • Nadezhda (1955)
    Nadezhda
    • Director
    • 1955
  • Lavrenti Beria, Nikolai Bulganin, Georgi Malenkov, and Kliment Voroshilov in Velikoye proshchaniye (1953)
    Velikoye proshchaniye
    • Director (uncredited)
    • 1953

Writer

  • Lev Tolstoy (1984)
    Lev Tolstoy
    • Writer
    • 1984
  • Yunost Petra (1980)
    Yunost Petra
    • Writer
    • 1980
  • V nachale slavnykh del (1980)
    V nachale slavnykh del
    • screenplay (as S. Gerasimov)
    • 1980
  • Krasnoe i chernoe (1976)
    Krasnoe i chernoe
    • Writer
    • 1976
  • Lyubit cheloveka (1973)
    Lyubit cheloveka
    • writer
    • 1973
  • Natalya Belokhvostikova in U ozera (1970)
    U ozera
    • writer
    • 1970
  • Zhurnalist (1967)
    Zhurnalist
    • Writer
    • 1967
  • Men and Beasts (1962)
    Men and Beasts
    • Writer
    • 1962
  • Govorit sputnik (1959)
    Govorit sputnik
    • Writer
    • 1959
  • Pamyat serdtsa (1958)
    Pamyat serdtsa
    • writer (as S. Gerasimov)
    • 1958
  • Tikhiy Don II (1958)
    Tikhiy Don II
    • writer
    • 1958
  • Elina Bystritskaya and Pyotr Glebov in Quiet Flows the Don (1957)
    Quiet Flows the Don
    • Writer
    • 1957
  • Doroga pravdy (1956)
    Doroga pravdy
    • screenplay (as S. Gerasimov)
    • 1956
  • Nadezhda (1955)
    Nadezhda
    • Writer
    • 1955
  • Teatr Polskiego Radia (1925)
    Teatr Polskiego Radia
    • author (as Sergiusz Gierasimow)
    • Podcast Series
    • 1952

Actor

  • Lev Tolstoy (1984)
    Lev Tolstoy
    • Lev Tolstoy
    • 1984
  • Dochki-materi (1975)
    Dochki-materi
    • Pyotr Vorobyov
    • 1975
  • Natalya Belokhvostikova in U ozera (1970)
    U ozera
    • (uncredited)
    • 1970
  • Zhurnalist (1967)
    Zhurnalist
    • Aleksey Kolesnikov
    • 1967
  • Men and Beasts (1962)
    Men and Beasts
    • 1962
  • Maskarad (1941)
    Maskarad
    • Neizvestnyj (as S. Gerasimov)
    • 1941
  • City of Youth (1938)
    City of Youth
    • Spy (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Razbudite Lenochku (1935)
    Razbudite Lenochku
    • (uncredited)
    • Short
    • 1935
  • Granitsa (1935)
    Granitsa
    • Yakov (as S. Gerasimov)
    • 1935
  • Deserter (1933)
    Deserter
    • 1933
  • Tri soldata
    • Regiment Commander
    • 1932
  • Alone (1931)
    Alone
    • Local Council Chairman
    • 1931
  • Fridrikh Ermler, Fyodor Nikitin, Vladimir Stenberg, and Georgii Stenberg in Fragment of an Empire (1929)
    Fragment of an Empire
    • 1929
  • Yelena Kuzmina and Iosif Gerasimovich in The New Babylon (1929)
    The New Babylon
    • Lutro, the journalist
    • 1929
  • Bratishka (1927)
    Bratishka
    • Short
    • 1927

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • S. Gerasimov
  • Born
    • May 21, 1906
    • Kundravy, Orenburg Governorate, Russian Empire [now Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia]
  • Died
    • November 26, 1985
    • Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia](complications from surgery)
  • Spouse
    • Tamara Makarova193? - November 26, 1985 (his death)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography

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    Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945." Pages 389-398. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.

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