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Mikhail Romm(1901-1971)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Additional Crew
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Mikhail Romm
Mikhail Romm was born in 1901, into a Russian-Jewish family, in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, Russia. He served in the Red Army in 1918-21 as an Inspector of the Special Forces for Food Supplies. He was in charge of confiscations of bread and food from the wealthier farmers (kulaks) in Central Russia. Romm later was avoiding any discussions regarding this painful memories, though he used his experience in the films about Lenin.

He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Arts and Technology as a sculptor (1925), where he studied under Anna Golubkina. Worked as a sculptor and interpreter. In 1928-30 he worked at Institute for extra-scholastic studies as researcher on the theory of Cinematography. From 1931 he worked at Mosfilm Studios, where he made his first film 'Pyshka' (1934). His next film '13' (1936) was considered the first Soviet "eastern" (a Soviet answer to "western"). During the years of "Great Terror" under Iosif Stalin Romm made two features and a documentary about Lenin.

His criminal drama 'Murder on the Dante Street' (1956) was the first film for the great Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy. After an eight-year brake Romm made his 'Nine Days in One Year' (1962). It was an excellent psychological drama about the life and death of nuclear physicists. After the political shifts during and after the "Thaw", started by Nikita Khrushchev, Romm devoted his talent to documentary material. He worked like a sculptor, cutting through the massive Nazi archives of documentaries in Germany. His work was rewarded with an astounding result - 'Tiumph over violence' (1965) in which he also was a narrator. His last film 'I vse-taki Ya Veryu' (1974) was finished by his disciples Marlen Khutsiev and Elem Klimov.
BornJanuary 24, 1901
DiedNovember 1, 1971(70)
BornJanuary 24, 1901
DiedNovember 1, 1971(70)
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  • Awards
    • 10 wins & 4 nominations

Known for

Vsevolod Aksyonov, Mikhail Astangov, and Mikhail Nazvanov in Russkiy vopros (1948)
Russkiy vopros
6.2
  • Director
  • 1948
Yelena Kuzmina and Lev Ofrosimov in Girl No. 217 (1945)
Girl No. 217
7.1
  • Director
  • 1945
Aleksey Batalov and Yuriy Tsarev in Nine Days of One Year (1962)
Nine Days of One Year
7.5
  • Director
  • 1962
Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1949)
Vladimir Ilich Lenin
8.1
  • Director
  • 1949

Credits

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Director

  • I vsyo-taki ya veryu... (1974)
    I vsyo-taki ya veryu...
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Triumph Over Violence (1965)
    Triumph Over Violence
    • Director
    • 1965
  • Aleksey Batalov and Yuriy Tsarev in Nine Days of One Year (1962)
    Nine Days of One Year
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Vladimir Lenin in Zhivoy Lenin (1958)
    Zhivoy Lenin
    • Director (as M. Romm)
    • Short
    • 1958
  • Urok istorii (1957)
    Urok istorii
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Ubiystvo na ulitse Dante (1956)
    Ubiystvo na ulitse Dante
    • Director
    • 1956
  • Attack from the Sea (1953)
    Attack from the Sea
    • Director
    • 1953
  • Ivan Pereverzev in Admiral Ushakov (1953)
    Admiral Ushakov
    • Director
    • 1953
  • Yelena Kuzmina and Boris Zelensky in Sekretnaya missiya (1950)
    Sekretnaya missiya
    • Director
    • 1950
  • Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1949)
    Vladimir Ilich Lenin
    • Director
    • 1949
  • Vsevolod Aksyonov, Mikhail Astangov, and Mikhail Nazvanov in Russkiy vopros (1948)
    Russkiy vopros
    • Director
    • 1948
  • Yelena Kuzmina and Lev Ofrosimov in Girl No. 217 (1945)
    Girl No. 217
    • Director
    • 1945
  • Mechta (1943)
    Mechta
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Anatoly Belsky in Lenin in 1918 (1939)
    Lenin in 1918
    • Director
    • 1939
  • Lenin in October (1937)
    Lenin in October
    • Director
    • 1937

Writer

  • I vsyo-taki ya veryu... (1974)
    I vsyo-taki ya veryu...
    • written by (as M. Romm)
    • 1974
  • Triumph Over Violence (1965)
    Triumph Over Violence
    • Writer
    • 1965
  • Aleksey Batalov and Yuriy Tsarev in Nine Days of One Year (1962)
    Nine Days of One Year
    • Writer
    • 1962
  • Rostislav Plyatt and Georgiy Vitsin in Zhenikh s togo sveta (1958)
    Zhenikh s togo sveta
    • creative producer (as M.I. Romm)
    • 1958
  • Vasiliy Merkurev in Obyknovennyy chelovek (1956)
    Obyknovennyy chelovek
    • screenplay
    • 1956
  • Dolgiy put (1956)
    Dolgiy put
    • screenplay (as M. Romm)
    • 1956
  • Ubiystvo na ulitse Dante (1956)
    Ubiystvo na ulitse Dante
    • Writer (as M. Romm)
    • 1956
  • Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1949)
    Vladimir Ilich Lenin
    • Writer
    • 1949
  • Vsevolod Aksyonov, Mikhail Astangov, and Mikhail Nazvanov in Russkiy vopros (1948)
    Russkiy vopros
    • screenplay
    • 1948
  • Yelena Kuzmina and Lev Ofrosimov in Girl No. 217 (1945)
    Girl No. 217
    • Writer (as M. Romm)
    • 1945
  • Mechta (1943)
    Mechta
    • writer
    • 1943
  • V. Yakovlev in The Thirteen (1937)
    The Thirteen
    • Writer (as M. Romm)
    • 1937
  • Andrey Fayt, Galina Sergeyeva, and Mikhail Dlugach in Boule de suif (1934)
    Boule de suif
    • Writer
    • 1934
  • Ada Voytsik and Nikolay Smolyak in Konveer smerti (1933)
    Konveer smerti
    • writer
    • 1933
  • Revansh
    • Writer
    • 1931

Additional Crew

  • Posledniye pisma
    • creative director
    • Short
    • 1966
  • The Killers (1956)
    The Killers
    • instructor: directing class (as M.I. Romm)
    • Short
    • 1956
  • Dolgiy put (1956)
    Dolgiy put
    • creative director (as M. Romm)
    • 1956
  • Ubiystvo na ulitse Dante (1956)
    Ubiystvo na ulitse Dante
    • creative workshop
    • 1956
  • Lyudmila Shagalova in Hastseatiroj voronumnere (1955)
    Hastseatiroj voronumnere
    • creative advisor
    • 1955
  • Aleksandr Khvylya and Nikolay Khomov in Aleksandr Parkhomenko (1942)
    Aleksandr Parkhomenko
    • artistic studio director (as M. Romm)
    • 1942

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • M.I. Romm
  • Born
    • January 24, 1901
    • Irkutsk, Russian Empire [now Russia]
  • Died
    • November 1, 1971
    • Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia](undisclosed)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

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  • Trivia
    Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 957-959. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
  • Trademark
      Uses intertitles in sound films.

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