Marianna Yelizarovna Tavrog was a Soviet Russian documentary film director, Honored Artist of Russian Federation.

Biography

Born into a Jewish family on January 16, 1921 in the city of Taganrog

Taganrog

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, studied in Taganrog. Entered the Teachers' College in Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, and after the start of World War II

World War II

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 had to evacuate to Alma-Ata and entered the VGIK

Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography

The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov), VGIK for short, is a film school in Moscow, Russia.-History:...

, which was evacuated to Alma-Ata in 1941. Among her teachers were Leonid Trauberg

Leonid Trauberg

Leonid Zakharovich Trauberg was a Jewish Ukrainian Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1924 and 1961 and was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941.-Filmography:* The Adventures of Oktyabrina ...

 and Grigory Kozintsev. After VGIK returned from evacuation to Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, Tavrog attended classes by Lev Kuleshov

Lev Kuleshov

Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov was a Soviet filmmaker and film theorist who taught at and helped establish the world's first film school .-Career:...

 and Aleksandra Khokhlova.

Filmography

The main topics of Tavrog's documentaries were literature and art.

• 1960 — Самуил Маршак
• 1969 — Чукоккала
• 1970 — Михаил Светлов
• 1972 — Ритм стиха
• 1972 — Один Тамм
• 1977 — Мой дом открыт
• 1977 — Лариса Рейснер
• 1979 — Художник сказочных чудес
• 1981 — Портрет
• 1982 — Мне 100 лет
• 1983 — Старые мастера («Centrnauchfilm»)
• 1985 — Ради жизни на Земле
• 1985 — Нащокинский домик
• 1985 — Жизнь цвета
• 1986 — От дедов к внукам
• 1987 — Первый декабрист
• 1988 — Страницы из жизни идеалиста
• 1996 — Театр Марка Шагала
• 1996 — Сентиментальный гротеск, или художники еврейского театра
• 1999 - Евгений Онегин. Глава Х.