Sergei Gerasimov
Birthday
1906/05/21
Day of death
1985/11/26 (79 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Kundravy, Urals, Russian Empire
Also know as
Sergey Gerasimov, Sergueï Guerassimov, Sergei Appolinarievich Gerasimov, Sergej Apollinarievič Gerasimov, Сергей Аполлинариевич Герасимов, С. Герасимов
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 Fadey...Read more
Acting
(1975) Daughters-Mothers
as Pyotr Nikanorovich Vorobyev
(1934) Wake Lena Up
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(1987) Just Life...
as (archive footage)
(1984) Lev Tolstoy
as Lev Tolstoi
(1959) Stars Meet in Moscow
as ---
(1929) Fragment of an Empire
as ---
(1929) The New Babylon
as Lutro, the journalist
(1926) The Overcoat
as Ярыжка (шулер-шантажист)
(1967) The Journalist
as Alexei Kolesnikov
(1941) Masquerade
as ---
(1926) The Devil's Wheel
as Man The Question
(1962) Men and Beasts
as Lvov-Shcherbatsky
(1927) Chuzhoy pidzhak
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(1927) The Club of the Big Deed
as Medoks
(1970) One Hour With Kozintsev
as Himself
(1976) Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
as Himself
(1973) Oh, Cinema, Cinema!
as Himself
(1979) VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession
as ---