Sergey Urusevsky
Encyclopedia
Sergey Pavlovich Urusevsky (23 December 1908, Saint Petersburg
, Russian Empire
- 12 November 1974, Moscow
, Soviet Union
) was a Soviet
cinematographer
and film director, renowned for his work with Grigori Chukhrai
, Mikhail Kalatozov
and Yuli Raizman
.
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
, 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...
- 12 November 1974, 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...
, Soviet Union
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....
) was a Soviet
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....
cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
and film director, renowned for his work with Grigori Chukhrai
Grigori Chukhrai
Grigori Naumovich Chukhrai was a prominent Soviet film director and screenwriter. He is the father of director Pavel Chukhrai.-Career:He was born in Melitopol in the Zaporizhia Oblast of Ukraine...
, Mikhail Kalatozov
Mikhail Kalatozov
Mikhail Kalatozov born Mikheil Kalatozishvili was a Georgian/Russian film director. Born in Tiflis , he studied economics before starting his film career as an actor and later cinematographer....
and Yuli Raizman
Yuli Raizman
Yuli Yakovlevich Raizman was a Soviet Russian film director and screenwriter. His film Private Life was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.-Selected filmography:* The Earth Thirsts...
.
Filmography
- Duel (1945); directed by Vladimir Legoshin
- Sinegoria (1946); directed by Erast GarinErast GarinErast Pavlovich Garin was, together with Igor Ilyinsky and Sergey Martinson, one of the leading comic actors of Vsevolod Meyerhold's company and of the Soviet cinema. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1977....
and Khesya Lokshina - The Village Teacher (1947); directed by Mark Donskoy
- Alitet Leaves for the Hills (1949); directed by Mark Donskoy
- Dream of a CossackDream of a CossackDream of a Cossack is a 1951 Soviet drama film directed by Yuli Raizman. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:Sergei Tutarinov a veteran of the Great Patriotic war returns to his native village to take an active part in its restoration. His initiatives are strongly supported by...
(1951); directed by Yuli RaizmanYuli RaizmanYuli Yakovlevich Raizman was a Soviet Russian film director and screenwriter. His film Private Life was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.-Selected filmography:* The Earth Thirsts... - The Return of Vasili BortnikovThe Return of Vasili BortnikovThe Return of Vasili Bortnikov is a 1953 Soviet film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin based on the novel The Harvest by Galina Nikolayeva.-Cast:* Sergei Lukyanov - Vasili Bortnikov* Natalya Medvedeva - Avdotya* Nikolai Timofeyev - Stephan...
(1953); directed by Vsevolod PudovkinVsevolod PudovkinVsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin was a Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor who developed influential theories of montage... - The First Echelon (1955); directed by Mikhail KalatozovMikhail KalatozovMikhail Kalatozov born Mikheil Kalatozishvili was a Georgian/Russian film director. Born in Tiflis , he studied economics before starting his film career as an actor and later cinematographer....
- Lesson of Life (1955); directed by Yuli Raizman
- The Forty-FirstThe Forty-First (1956 film)The Forty-First, is a 1956 Soviet film based on the novel of the same name by Boris Lavrenyev. The film was directed by Grigori Chukhrai and starred Izolda Izvitskaya and Oleg Strizhenov...
(1956); directed by Grigori Chukhray - The Cranes Are FlyingThe Cranes are FlyingThe Cranes Are Flying is a Soviet film about World War II. It depicts the cruelty of war and the damage suffered to the Soviet psyche as a result of World War II . It was directed at Mosfilm by the Georgian-born Soviet director Mikhail Kalatozov in 1957 and stars Aleksey Batalov and Tatiana...
(1957); directed by Mikhail Kalatozov - The Unsent LetterThe Unsent LetterThe Unsent Letter is a 1959 Soviet drama film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Tatyana Samojlova - Tanya* Innokenti Smoktunovsky - Sabinine* Galina Kozhakina - Vera* Vasili Livanov - Andrei...
(1959); directed by Mikhail Kalatozov - I Am CubaI Am CubaI am Cuba is a 1964 Soviet-Cuban film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov at Mosfilm. The film was not received well by either the Russian or Cuban public and was almost completely forgotten until it was re-discovered by filmmakers in the United States thirty years later...
(1964); directed by Mikhail Kalatozov - Proshschay, Gyulsary! (1968); directed by Sergey Urusevsky
- Sing Your Song, Poet (1973); directed by Sergey Urusevsky