Boris Barnet

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-06-18 (63 years old)

Deathday

1965-01-08

Place of Birth

Moscow, Russian Empire

Boris Barnet

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Boris Vasilyevich Barnet was a Soviet film director, actor and screenwriter of British origin. He directed 27 films between 1927 and 1963. Boris Barnet was born in Moscow. His grandfather Thomas Barnet was a printer who moved to the Russian Empire from Great Britain back in the 19th century. A student of the Moscow Art School, he joined the Red Army at age 16 and was then professionally involved in boxing. In 1927 he shot his first feature, a comedy film, The Girl with a Hatbox, starring Anna Sten. His 1928 melodramatic film The House on Trubnaya, starring Vera Maretskaya, was rediscovered in the mid-1...

Acting

1925

Chess Fever

as (uncredited)

1926

Miss Mend

as Barnet, reporter

1928

Storm Over Asia

as English soldier, pipe smoker

1947

Secret Agent

as Gen. von Kühn

1928

The House on Trubnaya

as passerby (uncredited)

1946

Sinegoriya

as Arseniy Petrovich Gay

1929

The Living Corpse

as Pickpocket

Production

1942

A Priceless Head

as Director

1933

Outskirts

as Director

1928

1936

1951

Bountiful Summer

as Director

1962

Alyonka

as Director

1931

The Thaw

as Director

1940

The Old Jockey

as Director

1947

Secret Agent

as Director

1955

Lyana

as Director

1963

Whistle Stop

as Director

1957

Poet

as Director

1945

1943

A Good Lad

as Director

1959

Annushka

as Director

1948

Pages of Life

as Director

1933

Outskirts

as Writer

1926

Miss Mend

as Writer

1939

1927

1955

Lyana

as Screenplay

1939

The Peasants

as Editor

1963

Whistle Stop

as Writer

1926

Miss Mend

as Stunt Double

1926

Miss Mend

as Co-Director

© All Rights Reserved 2025