Yakov Protazanov

Biography

Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov (Russian: Яков Александрович Протазанов; February 4 (O.S. January 23), 1881 – August 8, 1945) was a Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema of Russia. He was an Honored Artist of the Russian SFSR (1935) and Uzbek SSR (1944).

Most Famous Work

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Marionettes

(1934) Writer

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Aelita: Queen of Mars

(1924) Director

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The Man from the Restaurant

(1927) Screenplay

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Blood Need Not Be Spilled

(1917) Writer

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Nikolay Stavrogin

(1915) Director

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The Tailor from Torzhok

(1925) Director

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The White Eagle

(1928) Writer

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Nasreddin in Bukhara

(1943) Writer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1925	Chemist	Chess Fever 1925-12-21 Movie
1913	N/A	Musical Moment 1913-04-18 Movie
1912	The wizard	Song About the Prophetic Oleg 1912-01-07 Movie
1909	N/A	The Death of Ivan the Terrible 1909-10-06 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1943	Director	Nasreddin in Bukhara 1943-06-06 Movie
1941	Director	Salavat Yulayev 1941-02-21 Movie
1937	Director	Without Dowry 1937-04-01 Movie
1936	Director	On the Strangeness of Love 1936-04-01 Movie
1934	Director	Marionettes 1934-02-02 Movie
1931	Director	Siberian Patrol 1931-04-01 Movie
1930	Director	St. Jorgen's Day 1930-08-25 Movie
1929	Director	Ranks and People 1929-10-01 Movie
1928	Director	The White Eagle 1928-10-09 Movie
	Director	Don Diego and Pelagia 1928-04-29 Movie
1927	Director	The Man from the Restaurant 1927-08-11 Movie
	Director	The Forty-First 1927-04-01 Movie
1926	Director	The Case of the Three Million 1926-04-28 Movie
1925	Director	The Tailor from Torzhok 1925-04-09 Movie
	Director	His Call 1925-01-02 Movie
1924	Director	Aelita: Queen of Mars 1924-09-24 Movie
1923	Director	Member Of Parliament 1923-01-07 Movie
1921	Director	Justice d'abord 1921-01-02 Movie
1920	Director	A Narrow Escape 1920-11-19 Movie
1919	Director	Golgofa zhenshchiny 1919-12-10 Movie
	Director	The Child of Another 1919-12-05 Movie
	Director	The Queen's Secret 1919-11-05 Movie
1918	Director	Father Sergius 1918-05-14 Movie
	Director	Knight's Spirit 1918-03-25 Movie
	Director	Jenny the Maid 1918-02-24 Movie
	Director	Little Ellie 1918-01-19 Movie
1917	Director	Satan Triumphant 1917-10-21 Movie
	Director	Blood Need Not Be Spilled 1917-05-30 Movie
	Director	The Prosecutor 1917-02-20 Movie
	Director	Dance of Death 1917-01-03 Movie
1916	Director	Beggar Woman 1916-10-11 Movie
	Director	Panna Meri 1916-10-04 Movie
	Director	Sin 1916-09-20 Movie
	Director	She Seeked Happiness So madly, So Passionately 1916-08-30 Movie
	Director	And The Song Remained Unfinished 1916-06-14 Movie
	Director	The Dagger Woman 1916-05-31 Movie
	Director	The Queen of Spades 1916-04-01 Movie
	Director	I'm Gonna Hitch Three Fast Dark Brown Horses 1916-02-09 Movie
1915	Director	Me And My Conscience 1915-10-06 Movie
	Director	Nikolay Stavrogin 1915-09-01 Movie
	Director	Plebeian 1915-03-04 Movie
	Director	War and Peace 1915-02-13 Movie
	Director	Petersburg Slums 1915-01-02 Movie
	Director	Sashka The Seminarian 1915-01-02 Movie
1914	Director	Christmas in Trench Lines 1914-12-28 Movie
1913	Director	One Enjoyed, the Other Paid 1913-11-25 Movie
	Director	How Beautiful And Fresh Were The Roses... 1913-10-07 Movie
	Director	The Broken Vase 1913-09-17 Movie
	Director	Better Death than Dishonour 1913-07-09 Movie
	Co-Director	The Love of a Japanese Woman 1913-06-04 Movie
	Director	Musical Moment 1913-04-18 Movie
	Director	How the Child's Soul Cried 1913-03-08 Movie
	Director	For The Honor of the Russian Banner 1913-01-29 Movie
	Director	Nailed 1913-01-05 Movie
	Director	The Keys to Happiness 1913-01-02 Movie
	Director	A Chopin Nocturne 1913-01-01 Movie
1912	Director	The Departure of a Great Old Man 1912-05-08 Movie
	Director	Anfisa 1912-01-24 Movie
	Director	Song About the Prophetic Oleg 1912-01-07 Movie
1911	Director	Convict's Song 1911-10-08 Movie
1909	Director	The Fountain of Bakhchisaray 1909-12-19 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1943	Writer	Nasreddin in Bukhara 1943-06-06 Movie
1937	Screenplay	Without Dowry 1937-04-01 Movie
1934	Writer	Marionettes 1934-02-02 Movie
1932	Writer	Diary of a Revolutionist 1932-02-29 Movie
1931	Writer	Siberian Patrol 1931-04-01 Movie
1930	Screenplay	St. Jorgen's Day 1930-08-25 Movie
1929	Writer	Ranks and People 1929-10-01 Movie
1928	Writer	The White Eagle 1928-10-09 Movie
1927	Screenplay	The Man from the Restaurant 1927-08-11 Movie
1926	Writer	The Case of the Three Million 1926-04-28 Movie
1920	Screenplay	A Narrow Escape 1920-11-19 Movie
1919	Writer	The Queen's Secret 1919-11-05 Movie
1918	Writer	Jenny the Maid 1918-02-24 Movie
	Writer	Little Ellie 1918-01-19 Movie
1917	Writer	Blood Need Not Be Spilled 1917-05-30 Movie
1916	Writer	Beggar Woman 1916-10-11 Movie
	Screenplay	Panna Meri 1916-10-04 Movie
	Writer	The Queen of Spades 1916-04-01 Movie
1915	Writer	Plebeian 1915-03-04 Movie
	Writer	War and Peace 1915-02-13 Movie
	Writer	Sashka The Seminarian 1915-01-02 Movie
1914	Screenplay	Christmas in Trench Lines 1914-12-28 Movie
1913	Screenplay	How Beautiful And Fresh Were The Roses... 1913-10-07 Movie
	Screenplay	The Broken Vase 1913-09-17 Movie
	Screenplay	How the Child's Soul Cried 1913-03-08 Movie
	Writer	For The Honor of the Russian Banner 1913-01-29 Movie
	Writer	Nailed 1913-01-05 Movie
1912	Screenplay	Song About the Prophetic Oleg 1912-01-07 Movie
1911	Screenplay	Convict's Song 1911-10-08 Movie
	Writer	The First Distiller 1911-04-23 Movie
1910	Writer	May Night, or the Drowned Maiden 1910-01-30 Movie
1909	Writer	The Fountain of Bakhchisaray 1909-12-19 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv