FILM DIRECTOR

Ivan Pyryev

1901 - 1968

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Ivan Aleksandrovich Pyryev (Russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Пы́рьев; 17 November [O.S. 4 November] 1901 – 7 February 1968) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, actor and pedagogue remembered as the high priest of Stalinist cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Pyryev has received more than 50,979 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ivan Pyryev is the 795th most popular film director (down from 639th in 2019), the 1,422nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,157th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Russian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 51k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ivan Pyryevs by language

Over the past year Ivan Pyryev has had the most page views in the with 159,621 views, followed by English (7,747), and Ukrainian (2,316). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Crimean Tatar (506.35%), Spanish (101.18%), and Malagasy (71.28%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ivan Pyryev ranks 795 out of 2,041. Before him are Sally Potter, Baltasar Kormákur, Martin Brest, Michel Audiard, Aleksei Balabanov, and Uwe Boll. After him are Bruno Bozzetto, Arturo Ripstein, George Sidney, Atom Egoyan, Karen Shakhnazarov, and Eldar Shengelaia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Ivan Pyryev ranks 184. Before him are Ed Begley, Konstantinos Kollias, Gustav Machatý, Jean Mermoz, Agostinho Fortes Filho, and Alberto Hurtado. After him are Mária Mednyánszky, Curt Bois, Haj Ali Razmara, Sekiryo Kaneda, Grete Hermann, and Jan de Quay. Among people deceased in 1968, Ivan Pyryev ranks 136. Before him are Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Fernando Giudicelli, Juan José Tramutola, Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni, Nikifor, and Vahram Papazian. After him are Muthulakshmi Reddy, Aleksei Kruchyonykh, Abel Bonnard, George Constantine, Bobby Driscoll, and Hugo Haas.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Ivan Pyryev ranks 1,422 out of 3,761. Before him are Antonina Makarova (1920), Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov (1874), Valery Rozhdestvensky (1939), Viacheslav Fetisov (1958), Vladimir Potanin (1961), and Aleksei Balabanov (1959). After him are Nikolay Novikov (1744), Yevgeny Morgunov (1927), Nadezhda Udaltsova (1885), Vladimir Vasiliev (1940), Karen Shakhnazarov (1952), and Abraham of Smolensk (1172).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Ivan Pyryev ranks 30. Before him are Sergei Bodrov (1948), Andrey Zvyagintsev (1964), Tatyana Lioznova (1924), Alexei Uchitel (1951), Mark Zakharov (1933), and Aleksei Balabanov (1959). After him are Karen Shakhnazarov (1952), Vladimir Gardin (1877), Aleksandr Khanzhonkov (1877), Alexander Rou (1906), Yevgeni Bauer (1865), and Esfir Shub (1894).

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Filmography

Cossacks of the Kuban
Director
In the steppes of the Kuban love is born on two collective farms while wheat is (enthusiastically) gathered. Galina, the energetic chairwoman of one of the two kolkhozes, vies with her male counterpart for the best harvest. At the same time Gordey, her rival, a former soldier, is (and has been for ages) in love with her. On her part, Dasha a collective farm worker, has heartbeat for a young technician of the competing kolkhoz...
Feb 26o 19505.864 / 10
The Idiot
Director
The film is based on the first part of the novel of the same name by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from Switzerland, where he was treated in a psychiatric clinic. On the train, on the way to St.Petersburg, the prince meets Parfyon Rogozhin, who tells him of his passionate love for Nastasya Filippovna, the former containment woman of the millionaire Totsky. In St.Petersburg, the prince finds himself in the house of his distant relative – Lizaveta Yepanchina (General's wife), meets her husband, their daughters, as well as the Secretary of General – Ganya Ivolgin. The portrait of Nastasya Filippovna, accidentally seen on the general’s table, makes a great impression on the prince...
May 12o 19587.167 / 10
The Brothers Karamazov
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Based on the novel of the same name by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The tragic story of the Karamazov family takes place in a Russian province in the late 19th century. The relations of their father and three brothers are very complicated and contradictory. One of the brothers is accused of killing his father, whom he did not commit. The brothers are unable to help him, and only a loving girl follows him to hard labour.
Jan 10o 19696.6 / 10