Oleksandr Dovzhenko
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Oleksandr Dovzhenko was a Soviet Ukrainian filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed movies during the early-to-mid 20th century. He is historically significant as a pioneering figure in Soviet cinema whose work helped shape the development of film as an artistic medium during a transformative period in cinema history.
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- Born
- 1894
- Died
- 1956
- Works
- 28
Top works
- Arsenal ; Schcors
- Tvorchistʹ Oleksandra Dovz͡henka
- Zacharovannaia desna
- Zacharovana Desna
- Зачарована Десна
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Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko, also Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko (Russian: Александр Петрович Довженко, Ukrainian: Олександр Петрович Довженко; September 10 [O.S. August 29] 1894 – November 25, 1956), was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Ukrainian origin. He is often cited as one of the most important early Soviet filmmakers, alongside Sergei Eisenstein, Dziga Vertov, and Vsevolod Pudovkin, as well as being a pioneer of Soviet montage theory.
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1894 births1956 deaths20th-century Ukrainian politiciansBorotbistsBurials at Novodevichy CemeteryCommunist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) politiciansExecuted RenaissanceHlukhiv National Pedagogical University of Oleksandr Dovzhenko alumniKyiv National Economic University alumniOdesa Film StudioPeople from Sosnitsky UyezdPeople from Sosnytsia