Yelena Kuzmina
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Yelena Aleksandrovna Kuzmina (17 February 1909 – 15 October 1979) was a Soviet actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1929
and 1978
. She was the recipient of three Stalin Prizes (1946, 1948, 1951) and was named a People's Artist of Russia
in 1950. Kuzmina's spouses included filmmakers Boris Barnet and Mikhail Romm
.
1929 in film
-Events:The days of the silent film are numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound is on.*January 20 - The movie In Old Arizona is released. The film is the first full-length talking film to be filmed outdoors....
and 1978
1978 in film
The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 1 - Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California....
. She was the recipient of three Stalin Prizes (1946, 1948, 1951) and was named a People's Artist of Russia
People's Artist of Russia
People's Artist of Russia, also sometimes translated as National Artist of Russia, is an honorary title granted to citizens of Russia.It succeeded both the all-Soviet union award People's Artist of the USSR , and more directly the local republic award, People's Artist of the RSFSR , after the...
in 1950. Kuzmina's spouses included filmmakers Boris Barnet and Mikhail Romm
Mikhail Romm
Mikhail Ilych Romm was a Soviet film director.He was born in Irkutsk. His father was a social democrat of Jewish descent who had been exiled there. He graduated from gymnasium in 1917 and entered the Moscow College for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture...
.
Selected filmography
- The New BabylonThe New BabylonThe New Babylon is a 1929 silent film written and directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg...
(1929) - OdnaOdnaOdna is a Soviet film released in 1931. It was written and directed by Leonid Trauberg and Grigori Kozintsev. It was originally planned as a silent film, but it was eventually released with a soundtrack comprising sound effects, some dialogue and a full orchestral score by Dmitri Shostakovich...
(1931) - OkrainaOkraina (1933 film)Okraina is a 1933 Soviet film directed by Boris Barnet.-See also:* Okraina , a film by Pyotr Lutsik loosely based on the 1933 film...
(1933) - By the Bluest of SeasBy the Bluest of SeasBy the Bluest of Seas is a 1936 Soviet film directed by Boris Barnet.-Cast:* Yelena Alexandrovna Kuzmina - Mariya* Lev Sverdlin - Yussuf* Nikolai Kryuchkov - Alyosha* Semyon Svashenko* Sergei Komarov * Lyalya Sateyeva * Andrei Dolinin...
(1936) - Girl No. 217Girl No. 217Girl No. 217 is a 1945 Soviet drama film directed by Mikhail Romm. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.An anti-Nazi film, it depicted a Russian girl enslaved to an inhuman German family. She is even robbed of her name and forced to answer to "No. 217". Subplots depict abuse...
(1945)