Sergei Yutkevich

Editor, Director, Writer, Producer, Actor

August 15, 1904 — April 24, 1985 (80 years)
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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: for Othello in 1956 and for Lenin in Poland in 1966. Of his later films Lenin in Paris is among the best known.

Known For

  • The Great Warrior Skanderbeg
    The Great Warrior Skanderbeg1953
  • Lenin in Poland
    Lenin in Poland1966
  • The Man with the Gun
    The Man with the Gun1938
  • Dzhamilya
    Dzhamilya1969
  • Behind Show Windows
    Behind Show Windows1956
  • Ankara - Heart of Turkey
    Ankara - Heart of Turkey1934
  • Subject for a Short Story
    Subject for a Short Story1969
  • Murder on Dante Street
    Murder on Dante Street1956
  • The New Adventures of Schweik
    The New Adventures of Schweik1943
  • Klop 75 ili Mayakovskiy smeyotsya
    Klop 75 ili Mayakovskiy smeyotsya1976
  • Stories About Lenin
    Stories About Lenin1958
  • Hello, Moscow!
    Hello, Moscow!1945
  • Yakov Sverdlov
    Yakov Sverdlov1940
  • The Humpbacked Horse
    The Humpbacked Horse1941
  • The Grasshopper
    The Grasshopper1955
  • Lermontov
    Lermontov1943
  • Three Encounters
    Three Encounters1949

Filmography