Mikhail Romm

Regie, Autor, Darsteller, Schnitt, Produzent

24. Januar 1901 — 1. November 1971 (70 Jahre)
Mikhail Ilych Romm (Russian: Михаил Ильич Ромм; 24 January [O.S. 11 January] 1901 – 1 November 1971) 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. From 1918 - 1921, he served in the Red Army during the Russian civil war, first as a signalman and later rising to the rank of inspector of a Special Commission concerning the numbers of the Red Army and Fleet of the Field Staff of the Supreme Military Soviet of the Republic. As such he travelled a lot and had the opportunity to see much of the life in different parts of the country, something that he later said he "recalled with gratitude".

In 1925 he graduated as a sculptor from the class of Anna Golubkina of the Highest Artistic-Technical Institute and worked as a sculptor and translator. In 1928-1930 he conducted research on the theory of cinema in the Institute for the methods of extra-scholastic work. Since 1931 he worked at the Mosfilm studio. In 1940-1943 he was an artistic leader for the Mosfilm films production. In 1942-1947 he was the director of a theater studio for movie actors. From 1938 he was a lecturer, from 1948 he was the leader of the actor's-producer department of the VGIK, professor (from 1962). He influenced many prominent film-directors, including Andrei Tarkovsky, Grigori Chukhrai, Vasily Shukshin, Nikita Mikhalkov, Georgi Daneliya, Aleksander Mitta, Igor Talankin, Rezo Chkheidze, Gleb Panfilov, Vladimir Basov, Tengiz Abuladze, Elem Klimov and many others.

He wrote many books and articles on the theory of cinematographic art, and also memoirs. He was awarded the Stalin Prize 5 times (1941, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951). Romm was an honorary corresponding member of the Academy of the skills of DDR (1967).

Bekannt aus

  • Der gewöhnliche Faschismus
    Der gewöhnliche Faschismus1965
  • Der letzte Schuß
    Der letzte Schuß1956
  • Neun Tage eines Jahres
    Neun Tage eines Jahres1962
  • Lenin im Oktober
    Lenin im Oktober1937
  • Lenin im Jahre 1918
    Lenin im Jahre 19181939
  • Die Dreizehn
    Die Dreizehn1937
  • Segel im Sturm
    Segel im Sturm1953
  • Zhenikh s togo sveta
    Zhenikh s togo sveta1958
  • I vsyo-taki ya veryu...
    I vsyo-taki ya veryu...1974
  • Schiffe stürmen Bastionen
    Schiffe stürmen Bastionen1953
  • Mensch Nr. 217
    Mensch Nr. 2171945
  • Die russische Frage
    Die russische Frage1948
  • Der Mord in der Dantestraße
    Der Mord in der Dantestraße1956
  • In geheimer Mission
    In geheimer Mission1950
  • Liebe nach Ladenschluß
    Liebe nach Ladenschluß1956
  • Die Grille
    Die Grille1955
  • Der weite Weg
    Der weite Weg1956
  • Vladimir Ilich Lenin
    Vladimir Ilich Lenin1949