FILM DIRECTOR

Vsevolod Pudovkin

1893 - 1953

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Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin (Russian: Всеволод Илларионович Пудовкин, IPA: [ˈfsʲevələt ɪl(ː)ərʲɪˈonəvʲɪtɕ pʊˈdofkʲɪn]; 28 February 1893 – 30 June 1953) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor who developed influential theories of montage. Pudovkin's masterpieces are often contrasted with those of his contemporary Sergei Eisenstein, but whereas Eisenstein utilized montage to glorify the power of the masses, Pudovkin preferred to concentrate on the courage and resilience of individuals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vsevolod Pudovkin has received more than 241,945 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Vsevolod Pudovkin is the 201st most popular film director (down from 191st in 2019), the 415th most popular biography from Russia (down from 373rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Russian Film Director.

Vsevolod Pudovkin is most famous for his film "Mother" (1926). The film is about a woman who is trying to protect her children from the horrors of war.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Vsevolod Pudovkin ranks 201 out of 2,041. Before him are Stephen Frears, Richard Donner, Margarethe von Trotta, Lev Kuleshov, Norman Jewison, and John G. Avildsen. After him are Vincente Minnelli, Mike Newell, Amos Gitai, Douglas Sirk, Claude Lanzmann, and Dariush Mehrjui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Vsevolod Pudovkin ranks 53. Before him are Clemens Krauss, Emmy Göring, Roy O. Disney, Allen Dulles, Ernst Toller, and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma. After him are Battista Farina, Erwin Piscator, Nicholas J. Spykman, Walter Christaller, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, and Ernst Öpik. Among people deceased in 1953, Vsevolod Pudovkin ranks 28. Before him are Hugo Sperrle, Eduard Künneke, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, Dylan Thomas, Ernst Zermelo, and Lionel Logue. After him are Wilhelm Stuckart, Richard von Mises, Hans Reichenbach, Otto Meissner, Tazio Nuvolari, and Moïse Kisling.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vsevolod Pudovkin ranks 415 out of 3,761. Before him are George Balanchine (1904), Marianne von Werefkin (1860), Yakov Yurovsky (1878), Valentin Ivanov (1934), Semyon Dezhnev (1605), and Viktor Belenko (1947). After him are Ivan Serov (1905), Alexey Pajitnov (1956), Lovis Corinth (1858), Mikhail Vrubel (1856), Vsevolod the Big Nest (1154), and Lila Kedrova (1918).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Vsevolod Pudovkin ranks 8. Before him are Konstantin Stanislavski (1863), Nikita Mikhalkov (1945), Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874), Andrei Konchalovsky (1937), Genndy Tartakovsky (1970), and Lev Kuleshov (1899). After him are Leonid Gaidai (1923), Elem Klimov (1933), Eldar Ryazanov (1927), Ladislas Starevich (1882), Alexander Sokurov (1951), and Yuri Norstein (1941).

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Filmography

Mother
Director
A Soviet woman is caught between her husband and son, who find themselves on opposing sides of the Russian Revolution.
Oct 11th 19267.093 / 10
Storm Over Asia
Director
In 1918 a young and simple Mongol herdsman and trapper is cheated out of a valuable fox fur by a European capitalist fur trader. Ostracized from the trading post, he escapes to the hills after brawling with the trader who cheated him. In 1920 he becomes a Soviet partisan, and helps the partisans fight for the Soviets against the occupying British army. However he is captured by the British when they try to requisition cattle from the herdsmen at the same time as the commandant meets with a reincarnated Grand Lama. After the trapper is shot, the army discovers an amulet that suggests he is a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. They find him still alive, so the army restores his health and plans to use him as the head of a puppet regime. The trapper is thus thrust into prominence as he is placed in charge of the puppet government. By the end, however, the "puppet" turns against his masters in an outburst of fury.
Nov 10th 19286.5 / 10
Chess Fever
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A young Soviet woman struggles to cope in a society obsessed with chess.
Dec 21st 19256.3 / 10