Sergei Yutkevich

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-08-15 (81 years old)

Deathday

1985-04-24

Place of Birth

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Sergei Yutkevich

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. Sergei Yutkevich began work as a teen doing puppet shows. Between 1921 and 1923 he studied under Vsevolod Meyerhold. He later helped found the Factory of the Eccentric Actor (FEKS), which was primarily concerned with circus and music hall acts. He entered films in the 1920s and began directing in 1928. His films often were cheerier than most Russian films as he was influenced by American slapstick, among other things. However he also did serious historical films, docudramas, and biopics. He won Cannes's Best Director Award twice: ...

Production

1981

Lenin in Paris

as Director

1949

Three Encounters

as Director

1945

Hello, Moscow!

as Director

1966

Lenin in Poland

as Director

1928

Lace

as Director

1962

The Bath House

as Director

1962

The Bath House

as Screenplay

1925

1932

Shame

as Director

1931

Golden Mountains

as Director

1937

The Miners

as Director

1931

1955

Othello

as Director

1928

Lace

as Writer

1938

1981

1969

Dzhamilya

as Art Direction

1966

Lenin in Poland

as Screenplay

1976

1976

1957

1947

1929

The Black Sail

as Director

1951

Przhevalsky

as Director

1968

1940

Yakov Sverdlov

as Director

1927

Bed and Sofa

as Production Design

1944

Liberated France

as Director

1955

Othello

as Writer

1944

1932

Shame

as Writer

1925

Даёшь радио!

as Production Design

1956

1941

1959

Sombrero

as Producer

1926

The Traitor

as Production Design

1943

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