Yakov Protazanov

Я́ков Алекса́ндрович Протаза́нов
1881-1945
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Protazanov was one of the funding fathers of Russian cinema. Between 1909-1919 he directed 90 movies. From 1920 to 1823 he worked abroad, then he returned to homeland and made other 18 films. His last one, Nasreddin in Bukhara, was made in 1943.

• Father Sergius (1917)
• Aelita - povestea unui film constructivist
• The Forty-First

(Filmele Avangardei)

(Russian and Soviet Cinema)