Sergei Yutkevich

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. Sergei Yutkevich began work as a teen doing puppet shows. Between 1921 and 1923 he studied under Vsevolod Meyerhold. He later helped found the Factory of the Eccentric Actor (FEKS), which was primarily concerned with circus and music hall acts. He entered films in the 1920s and began directing in 1928. His films often were cheerier than most Russian films as he was influenced by American slapstick, among other things. However he also did serious historical films, docudramas, and biopics. He won Cannes's Best Director Award twice: for Othello in 1956 and for Lenin in Poland in 1966. Of his later films Lenin in Paris is among the best known.

Directed

1. The Great Warrior Skanderbeg (1953) — Director
2. Lenin in Paris (1981) — Director
3. Lenin in Poland (1966) — Director
4. Othello (1955) — Director
5. The Man with the Gun (1938) — Director
6. Hello, Moscow! (1945) — Director
7. Counterplan (1932) — Director
8. Lace (1928) — Director
9. Subject for a Short Story (1969) — Director
10. Ankara - Heart of Turkey (1934) — Director
11. Przhevalsky (1951) — Director
12. Stories About Lenin (1957) — Director
13. The New Adventures of Schweik (1943) — Director
14. Golden Mountains (1931) — Director
15. Three Encounters (1950) — Director
16. The Bath House (1962) — Director
17. The Miners (1937) — Director
18. Mayakovsky Laughs (1976) — Director
19. The Black Sail (1929) — Director
20. Даёшь радио! (1925) — Director
21. Light over Russia (1947) — Director
22. Yakov Sverdlov (1940) — Director
23. Liberated France (1944) — Director
24. Schweik is Preparing For Battle (1942) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Cinépanorama (1956) — Self
2. Stars Meet in Moscow (1959) — Self
3. One Hour With Kozintsev (1970) — Self