Esfir Shub
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Esfir Ilyichna Shub also referred as Esther Shub, was a pioneering Soviet
filmmaker.
Born in Surazh
, Chernigov Governorate
, part of Left-bank Ukraine
within the Russian Empire
, Shub began her career in film as a re-editor for Goskino
; she edited several Western films according to Goskino standards, including Fritz Lang
's Dr. Mabuse.
In the early 1920s, Shub began a study of Russian pre-revolutionary history. Her study resulted in the documentary film considered to be her masterpiece, The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (1927), the first in a trilogy that continued with The Great Road (1927) and closed with Lev Tolstoy and the Russia of Nicolai II (1928). In 1932, Shub completed the first Soviet documentary film to employ sound. She was a pioneer in the genre of compilation film, in the use of historical footage, and in recreating historical scenes in order to shoot new footage.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
filmmaker.
Born in Surazh
Surazh
Surazh is a town and the administrative center of Surazhsky District, Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Iput River southwest of Bryansk. Population: 1,599 ....
, Chernigov Governorate
Chernigov Governorate
The Chernigov Governorate , also known as the Government of Chernigov, was a guberniya in the historical Left-bank Ukraine region of the Russian Empire, which was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Malorossiya Governorate with an administrative centre of Chernigov...
, part of Left-bank Ukraine
Left-bank Ukraine
Left-bank Ukraine is a historic name of the part of Ukraine on the left bank of the Dnieper River, comprising the modern-day oblasts of Chernihiv, Poltava and Sumy as well as the eastern parts of the Kiev and Cherkasy....
within the Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
, Shub began her career in film as a re-editor for Goskino
Goskino
Goskino USSR is the abbreviated name for the USSR State Committee for Cinematography in the Soviet Union...
; she edited several Western films according to Goskino standards, including Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...
's Dr. Mabuse.
In the early 1920s, Shub began a study of Russian pre-revolutionary history. Her study resulted in the documentary film considered to be her masterpiece, The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (1927), the first in a trilogy that continued with The Great Road (1927) and closed with Lev Tolstoy and the Russia of Nicolai II (1928). In 1932, Shub completed the first Soviet documentary film to employ sound. She was a pioneer in the genre of compilation film, in the use of historical footage, and in recreating historical scenes in order to shoot new footage.