Biography
Pavel Kogan was born on July, 9, 1931 in Leningrad. He got two external high school degrees, that of Leningrad State University and GITIS; was employed as dumb performer by Kirov (presently Mariinsky) Opera. Finding himself, by vagaries of fate, in the cinema, he directed more than 35 documentary films. These films include, on the one hand, such as “The band of military tunes” (1968) in partnership with P. Mostovoy, which got the best film award, the Golden Dove, of Leipzig Festival; on the other hand, such as the full-length “Mutiny in Sobibor” (1989) being a revelation to Pavel himself as it was his first encounter with the Jewish subject and the topic of European Jewry’s holocaust, and being the first international Soviet-Dutch project. In 1989, the film was awarded with Joris Ivens prize at the Amsterdam international Festival. For twenty years he was teaching the film directing at Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography. For over ten years he hosted “Cinema and time” show on Leningrad TV, hence called “Kapler of Leningrad”. In 1992, Pavel fell seriously ill. Medicine in Russia, along with Germany and Israel turned out to be ineffective. Pavel passed away Nov…
Directed
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Look at the Face (1966) — Director
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The House is Being Built (1978) — Director
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The Limit of Possible (1984) — Director
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Military Music Orchestra (1968) — Director
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Revolt in Sobibor (1989) — Director
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Summer Is Soon (1987) — Director
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City Under Siege (1969) — Director
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Classes (1967) — Director
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Flight (1972) — Director
- Proud Humility (1965) — Director
- In Directing Classes (1966) — Director
- Day by Day (1968) — Director
- Big Hockey (1969) — Director
- Give Us This Day (1988) — Director
- Mstislav Rostropovich. The Return (1990) — Director
- Russian Ballet Without Russia (1990) — Director
- Profession — Operator (1987) — Director
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The Limit of Possible (1984) — Director
