FILM DIRECTOR

Vsevolod Meyerhold

1874 - 1940

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Vsevolod Emilyevich Meyerhold (born Karl Kasimir Theodor Meyerhold; 9 February [O.S. 28 January] 1874 – 2 February 1940) was a Russian and Soviet theatre director, actor and theatrical producer. His provocative experiments dealing with physical being and symbolism in an unconventional theatre setting made him one of the seminal forces in modern international theatre. During the Great Purge, Meyerhold was arrested in June 1939. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vsevolod Meyerhold has received more than 477,234 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Vsevolod Meyerhold is the 144th most popular film director (down from 137th in 2019), the 290th most popular biography from Russia (up from 291st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Film Director.

Vsevolod Meyerhold was a Russian theater director and theorist who was most famous for his biomechanics, which is a system of physical training that he developed for actors.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Vsevolod Meyerhold ranks 144 out of 2,041. Before him are Volker Schlöndorff, Moustapha Akkad, D. W. Griffith, Michael Cimino, Henri-Georges Clouzot, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. After him are Max Reinhardt, Alice Guy-Blaché, Jonathan Demme, Frances Marion, Louis Malle, and Ettore Scola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Vsevolod Meyerhold ranks 34. Before him are Nicholas Roerich, Reinhold Glière, Antanas Smetona, Inessa Armand, Gustav Holst, and Luigi Einaudi. After him are Josef Suk, Abbas II of Egypt, Joseph Erlanger, Henri Guisan, Auguste Perret, and Charles Lightoller. Among people deceased in 1940, Vsevolod Meyerhold ranks 28. Before him are Spyridon Louis, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Gerda Wegener, Kyösti Kallio, and Lluís Companys. After him are Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Michael Hainisch, Eugène Dubois, Édouard Vuillard, Vito Volterra, and Katharina Schratt.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vsevolod Meyerhold ranks 290 out of 3,761. Before him are Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia (1843), Eduard Limonov (1943), Viktor Vasnetsov (1848), Vladimir K. Zworykin (1888), Alexey Ekimov (1945), and Alexej von Jawlensky (1864). After him are Aleksey Kuropatkin (1848), Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786), Ivan II of Moscow (1326), Alexander Stepanovich Popov (1859), Alexandre Koyré (1892), and Anastasia Romanovna (1530).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Vsevolod Meyerhold ranks 4. Before him are Andrei Tarkovsky (1932), Konstantin Stanislavski (1863), and Nikita Mikhalkov (1945). After him are Andrei Konchalovsky (1937), Genndy Tartakovsky (1970), Lev Kuleshov (1899), Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893), Leonid Gaidai (1923), Elem Klimov (1933), Eldar Ryazanov (1927), and Ladislas Starevich (1882).

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Filmography

The White Eagle
Director
The film is based on The Governor, a play by Leonid Andreyev. V.I. Kachalov plays the governor of a small Russian province who tries to treat the people under his authority with kindness and equanimity. But when a local factory goes on strike, the governor buckles under to pressure from the Tzar and orders the wholesale slaughter of the strikers. He pays for this betrayal of his trust with his life -- at the hands of a courageous Bolshevik spy.
Oct 9o 19284.9 / 10
Meyerhold's theatre and biomechanics
Director
Russian actor and pedagogue, Gennadi Bogdanov, presents the most important etudes and principles of Vsevolod Meyerhold's Biomechanics. Includes archival photographs and film of Meyerhold's original work and also recent scenic work from Europe and the U.S. developed on the principles of bio-mechanics.
Feb 2o 20030 / 10
The Picture of Dorian Grey
Director
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Jan 1o 19156.25 / 10