Sergei Gerasimov
Known For
Directing
Born
1906-05-21 in Kundravy, Urals, Russian Empire
Died
1985-11-26
Biography
Sergei Appolinarievich Gerasimov (21 May 1906 – 26 November 1985) was one of the most reputable Soviet film directors and screenwriters. The oldest film school in the world, the VGIK, bears his name. Gerasimov started his film industry career as an actor in 1924. At first he appeared in Kozintsev and Trauberg films, such as The Overcoat and The New Babylon. Later, he was commissioned to produce screen versions of the literary classics of Socialist realism. His epic screenings of Alexander Fadeyev's The Young Guard (1948) and Mikhail Sholokhov's And Quiet Flows the Don (1957–58) were extolled by the authorities as exemplary. During several decades of their teaching in the VGIK Gerasimov and his wife Tamara Makarova prepared many generations of Russian actors. In his last movie Gerasimov played Leo Tolstoy, while Makarova was cast as Tolstoy's wife. Gerasimov is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery of Moscow. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sergei Gerasimov (film director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Most Known For
Легенды кино
as Self (archive footage)
Karlovy Vary Promenades
as Self
Men and Beasts
as Lvov-Shcherbatsky
The Journalist
as Alexei Kolesnikov
Lev Tolstoy
as Lev Tolstoi
The Overcoat
as Yaryzhka, card sharp
VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession
The New Babylon
as Lutro, the journalist
Stars Meet in Moscow
as Self
Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
as Himself
Alone
as Village Chairman
Masquerade
Just Life...
as (archive footage)
The Devil's Wheel
as The Question Man
Fragment of an Empire
Daughters-Mothers
as Pyotr Nikanorovich Vorobyev
One Hour With Kozintsev
as Himself
Oh, Cinema, Cinema!
as Self
Chuzhoy pidzhak
as Skalkovskiy
The Club of the Big Deed
as Medoks, opportunist