Mikhail Romm

Regissör, Författare, Skådespelare, Editor, Producent

24 januari 1901 — 1 november 1971 (70 år)
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).

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  • Den fyrtioförsta
    Den fyrtioförsta1956
  • 9 dagar av ett år
    9 dagar av ett år1962
  • Lenin i oktober
    Lenin i oktober1937
  • Lenin 1918
    Lenin 19181939
  • De tappra 13
    De tappra 131937
  • Havets hjälte
    Havets hjälte1953
  • Zhenikh s togo sveta
    Zhenikh s togo sveta1958
  • I vsyo-taki ya veryu...
    I vsyo-taki ya veryu...1974
  • Attack from the Sea
    Attack from the Sea1953
  • Slavinna nr 217
    Slavinna nr 2171945
  • Den ryska frågan
    Den ryska frågan1948
  • Ubiystvo na ulitse Dante
    Ubiystvo na ulitse Dante1956
  • Sekretnaya missiya
    Sekretnaya missiya1950
  • Behind Show Windows
    Behind Show Windows1956
  • Dolgiy put
    Dolgiy put1956
  • The Grasshopper
    The Grasshopper1955
  • Vladimir Iljitj Lenin
    Vladimir Iljitj Lenin1949