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Sergei Yutkevich(1904-1985)

  • Director
  • Writer
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Sergei Yutkevich
He has made been famous in the young soviet cinema by his films about Lenin (Lenin in Poland (1966) and others). He had a great international acclaim by his version of Othello (1956) and engaged to the Soviet cinema two French stars: Marina Vlady for Lika in Syuzhet dlya nebolshogo rasskaza (1969) and Claude Jade for Inessa in _Lenin v Parizhe (1980)_.
BornSeptember 15, 1904
DiedApril 24, 1985(80)
BornSeptember 15, 1904
DiedApril 24, 1985(80)
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  • Awards
    • 11 wins & 5 nominations total

Known for

Boris Zelensky in Othello (1956)
Othello
7.2
  • Director
  • 1956
Lenin in Poland (1966)
Lenin in Poland
6.2
  • Director
  • 1966
Skanderbeg (1953)
Skanderbeg
7.6
  • Director
  • 1953
Yakov Sverdlov (1940)
Yakov Sverdlov
5.9
  • Director
  • 1940

Credits

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Director

  • Vladimir Antonik, Claude Jade, and Yuriy Kayurov in Lenin in Paris (1981)
    Lenin in Paris
    5.0
    • Director
    • 1981
  • Klop 75 ili Mayakovskiy smeyotsya (1976)
    Klop 75 ili Mayakovskiy smeyotsya
    5.9
    • Director
    • 1976
  • Poet na ekrane
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Ilinskiy o Mayakovskom (1973)
    Ilinskiy o Mayakovskom
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Natalya Arinbasarova, Suymenkul Chokmorov, and Nasreddin Dubashev in Jamilya (1969)
    Jamilya
    7.6
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Syuzhet dlya nebolshogo rasskaza (1969)
    Syuzhet dlya nebolshogo rasskaza
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1969
  • O samom chelovechnom
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Lenin in Poland (1966)
    Lenin in Poland
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1966
  • Yuriy Tsarev in The Bath House (1962)
    The Bath House
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Vstrecha s Frantsiey (1960)
    Vstrecha s Frantsiey
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Rasskazy o Lenine (1958)
    Rasskazy o Lenine
    6.4
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Yves Montand and Boris Zelensky in Poyet Ives Montand (1957)
    Poyet Ives Montand
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Boris Zelensky in Othello (1956)
    Othello
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1956
  • Skanderbeg (1953)
    Skanderbeg
    7.6
    • Director
    • 1953
  • Przhevalsky (1952)
    Przhevalsky
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1952

Writer

  • Vladimir Antonik, Claude Jade, and Yuriy Kayurov in Lenin in Paris (1981)
    Lenin in Paris
    5.0
    • screenplay
    • 1981
  • Klop 75 ili Mayakovskiy smeyotsya (1976)
    Klop 75 ili Mayakovskiy smeyotsya
    5.9
    • Writer
    • 1976
  • Ilinskiy o Mayakovskom (1973)
    Ilinskiy o Mayakovskom
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1973
  • O samom chelovechnom
    • Writer
    • 1967
  • Lenin in Poland (1966)
    Lenin in Poland
    6.2
    • Writer
    • 1966
  • Yuriy Tsarev in The Bath House (1962)
    The Bath House
    6.1
    • screenplay
    • 1962
  • Yves Montand and Boris Zelensky in Poyet Ives Montand (1957)
    Poyet Ives Montand
    • Writer
    • 1957
  • Boris Zelensky in Othello (1956)
    Othello
    7.2
    • Writer
    • 1956
  • Yakov Sverdlov (1940)
    Yakov Sverdlov
    5.9
    • Writer
    • 1940
  • Ankara - Heart of Turkey (1934)
    Ankara - Heart of Turkey
    8.2
    • writer
    • 1934
  • Shame (1932)
    Shame
    6.7
    • Writer (as S. Yutkevich)
    • 1932
  • Golden Mountains (1931)
    Golden Mountains
    6.5
    • Writer
    • 1931
  • Kruzheva (1928)
    Kruzheva
    6.9
    • writer
    • 1928
  • Shpundik-kooperator
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1925
  • Dayosh radio! (1925)
    Dayosh radio!
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1925

Additional Crew

  • Natalya Arinbasarova, Suymenkul Chokmorov, and Nasreddin Dubashev in Jamilya (1969)
    Jamilya
    7.6
    • artistic director
    • 1969
  • Larisa Barabanova and Lyudmila Krylova in Doroga k moryu (1965)
    Doroga k moryu
    6.3
    • creative director
    • 1965
  • Kolybelnaya (1960)
    Kolybelnaya
    7.1
    • artistic director
    • 1960
  • Snezhnaya skazka (1960)
    Snezhnaya skazka
    6.7
    • artistic director
    • 1960
  • Viktor Perevalov in Sombrero (1959)
    Sombrero
    6.1
    • creative director (as S. Yutkevich)
    • 1959
  • Ubiystvo na ulitse Dante (1956)
    Ubiystvo na ulitse Dante
    6.8
    • creative workshop
    • 1956
  • Behind Show Windows (1956)
    Behind Show Windows
    6.3
    • artistic director
    • 1956
  • Galina Vodyanitskaya in Zoya (1944)
    Zoya
    6.6
    • artistic studio executive producer
    • 1944
  • Prints i nishchiy (1943)
    Prints i nishchiy
    6.2
    • artistic director (as S. Yutkevich)
    • 1943
  • Kak possorilis Ivan Ivanovich s Ivanom Nikiforovichem (1941)
    Kak possorilis Ivan Ivanovich s Ivanom Nikiforovichem
    7.0
    • artistic director
    • 1941
  • Konyok-gorbunok (1941)
    Konyok-gorbunok
    7.0
    • artistic studio director (as S. I. Yutkevich)
    • 1941
  • Battleship Potemkin (1925)
    Battleship Potemkin
    7.9
    • artistic director: in 1976 redaction
    • 1925

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Sergueï Youkevitch
  • Born
    • September 15, 1904
    • St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
  • Died
    • April 24, 1985
    • Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia](undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Elena Ilyushchenko? - April 23, 1985 (his death)

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    Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 1233-1238. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.

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