FILM DIRECTOR

Sergey Urusevsky

1908 - 1974

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Sergey Pavlovich Urusevsky (Russian: Серге́й Павлович Урусевский) (23 December 1908, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire - 12 November 1974, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet cinematographer and film director, renowned for his work with Grigori Chukhrai, Mikhail Kalatozov and Yuli Raizman. His subjective camera style in I Am Cuba and The Cranes Are Flying is regarded as one of the best of all time, winning him several awards throughout his career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergey Urusevsky has received more than 38,935 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sergey Urusevsky is the 1,242nd most popular film director (down from 1,000th in 2019), the 2,091st most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,683rd in 2019) and the 60th most popular Russian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 39k

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  • 45.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Sergey Urusevsky has had the most page views in the with 14,665 views, followed by English (4,808), and French (1,254). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (103.93%), Egyptian Arabic (48.45%), and Serbian (35.75%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sergey Urusevsky ranks 1,242 out of 2,041. Before him are Jiří Weiss, Sam Simon, Abram Room, Antonio Mercero, Colin Higgins, and Lorenza Mazzetti. After him are Cédric Klapisch, Shinichirō Watanabe, José Luis Cuerda, Mario Mattoli, Eric Kripke, and Paweł Edelman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Sergey Urusevsky ranks 337. Before him are Félix Welkenhuysen, Numa Andoire, Sigmund Haringer, Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Merna Kennedy, and Jim Brown. After him are Vladimír Syrovátka, Jean Claessens, John Doeg, Sylvio Hoffmann, Boris Piotrovsky, and Geirr Tveitt. Among people deceased in 1974, Sergey Urusevsky ranks 211. Before him are Zinaida Yermolyeva, Marieluise Fleißer, José Vidal, Cornelius Lanczos, Luis Marín, and Karen Silkwood. After him are Þórbergur Þórðarson, Gaston Mercier, Mamerto Urriolagoitía, Clive Brook, Vlasta Děkanová, and Paul Barth.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Sergey Urusevsky ranks 2,091 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolai Lugansky (1972), Vladimir Andreyev (1930), Alexandr Romankov (1953), Alexander Ovechkin (1985), Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva (1871), and Vladislav Krapivin (1938). After him are Alexey Favorsky (1860), Ivan Rybkin (1946), Gennadiy Seleznyov (1947), Jürgen Kurbjuhn (1940), Vladimir Martynov (1946), and Maxim Vengerov (1974).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Sergey Urusevsky ranks 60. Before him are Pavel Lungin (1949), Vladimir Naumov (1927), Roman Abelevich Kachanov (1921), Aleksandr Adabashyan (1945), Alexander Mitta (1933), and Gregory Ratoff (1897). After him are Igor Maslennikov (1931), Yuli Raizman (1903), Aleksandr Zarkhi (1908), Vasily Goncharov (1861), Aleksandr Rogozhkin (1949), and Kirill Serebrennikov (1969).

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Filmography

The Cranes Are Flying
Director
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.
Oct 12o 19578 / 10
Letter Never Sent
Director
Four geologists are searching for diamonds in the wilderness of Siberia. After a long and tiresome journey they manage to find their luck and put the diamond mine on the map. The map must be delivered back to Moscow. But on the day of their departure a terrible forest fire wreaks havoc, and the geologists get trapped in the woods.
Jun 27o 19607.1 / 10
Ukraine in Flames
Director
A 1943 Soviet documentary war film by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko and Yuliya Solntseva. It is Dovzhenko's second World War II documentary, and dealt with the Battle of Kharkov. The film incorporates German footage of the invasion of Ukraine, which was later captured by the Soviets.
Apr 1o 19435.2 / 10