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Yakov Protazanov

Director

Yakov Protazanov

Born February 4, 1881 in Moscow, Russian EmpireDied August 9, 194562 films

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).

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Aelita: Queen of Mars posterFirst watchAelita: Queen of Mars19246.0A young man travels to Mars in a rocket ship, where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group with the support of Queen Aelita, who has fallen in love with him after watching…View film

Filmography

62 films as director
  1. 1943Nasreddin in BukharaDirector
  2. 1941Salavat YulayevDirector
  3. 1938Seventh GradersDirector
  4. 1937Without DowryDirector
  5. 1936On the Strangeness of LoveDirector
  6. 1934MarionettesDirector
  7. 1931Siberian PatrolDirector
  8. 1930St. Jorgen's DayDirector
  9. 1929Ranks and PeopleDirector
  10. 1928The White EagleDirector
  11. 1928Don Diego and PelagiaDirector
  12. 1927The Man from the RestaurantDirector
  13. 1927The Forty-FirstDirector
  14. 1926The Case of the Three MillionDirector
  15. 1925The Tailor from TorzhokDirector
  16. 1925His CallDirector
  17. 1924Aelita: Queen of MarsDirector
  18. 1923Member Of ParliamentDirector
  19. 1921Justice d'abordDirector
  20. 1920A Narrow EscapeDirector
  21. 1919Woman's CalvaryDirector
  22. 1919The Child of AnotherDirector
  23. 1919The Queen's SecretDirector
  24. 1918Father SergiusDirector
  25. 1918A Knight of the SpiritDirector
  26. 1918Jenny the MaidDirector
  27. 1918Little EllieDirector
  28. 1917Satan TriumphantDirector
  29. 1917Blood Need Not Be SpilledDirector
  30. 1917The ProsecutorDirector
  31. 1917Dance of DeathDirector
  32. 1916The Beggar WomanDirector
  33. 1916Panna MeriDirector
  34. 1916SinDirector
  35. 1916She Seeked Happiness So Madly, So PassionatelyDirector
  36. 1916And The Song Remained UnfinishedDirector
  37. 1916The Dagger WomanDirector
  38. 1916The Queen of SpadesDirector
  39. 1916I'm Gonna Hitch Three Fast Dark Brown HorsesDirector
  40. 1915Me And My ConscienceDirector
  41. 1915Nikolay StavroginDirector
  42. 1915PlebeianDirector
  43. 1915War and PeaceDirector
  44. 1915Petersburg SlumsDirector
  45. 1915Sashka The SeminarianDirector
  46. 1914Christmas in Trench LinesDirector
  47. 1913One Enjoyed, the Other PaidDirector
  48. 1913What the Violin Wept AboutDirector
  49. 1913How Beautiful And Fresh Were The Roses...Director
  50. 1913The Broken VaseDirector
  51. 1913Better Death than DishonourDirector
  52. 1913Musical MomentDirector
  53. 1913How the Child's Soul CriedDirector
  54. 1913For The Honor of the Russian BannerDirector
  55. 1913NailedDirector
  56. 1913The Keys to HappinessDirector
  57. 1913A Chopin NocturneDirector
  58. 1912The Departure of a Great Old ManDirector
  59. 1912AnfisaDirector
  60. 1912Song About the Prophetic OlegDirector
  61. 1911Convict's SongDirector
  62. 1910The Fountain of BakhchisarayDirector