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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 225,994 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Vsevolod Pudovkin is the 191st most popular film director (up from 212th in 2019), the 374th most popular biography from Russia (up from 390th in 2019) and the 6th 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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  • 2.61

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Vsevolod Pudovkin ranks 191 out of 1,581Before him are James Ivory, Michael Cacoyannis, Ivan Reitman, Vincente Minnelli, Stanley Kramer, and Nicholas Ray. After him are Jerzy Skolimowski, Michael Moore, Lewis Milestone, Richard Donner, Shohei Imamura, and Jean Negulesco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Vsevolod Pudovkin ranks 48Before him are Hattie McDaniel, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Emmy Göring, Hermann Balck, Ana Pauker, and Ernst Toller. After him are Walter Christaller, Walter Baade, Erwin Piscator, Raymond Loewy, Allen Dulles, and Clemens Krauss. Among people deceased in 1953, Vsevolod Pudovkin ranks 27Before him are Richard Walther Darré, Lionel Logue, Hugo Sperrle, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, Alice Prin, and Ernst Zermelo. After him are Hans Reichenbach, Dylan Thomas, Ludwig Prandtl, Richard von Mises, Nikolay Zelinsky, and Vera Mukhina.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vsevolod Pudovkin ranks 374 out of 3,262Before him are Jani Beg (1300), Ivan Serov (1905), Lovis Corinth (1858), Vasily Perov (1834), Oleg Penkovsky (1919), and Ivan Silayev (1930). After him are Bulat Okudzhava (1924), Velimir Khlebnikov (1885), Boris Nemtsov (1959), Leonid Andreyev (1871), Duchess Anna of Prussia (1576), and Svetlana Savitskaya (1948).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Vsevolod Pudovkin ranks 6Before him are Andrei Tarkovsky (1932), Konstantin Stanislavski (1863), Andrei Konchalovsky (1937), Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874), and Nikita Mikhalkov (1945). After him are Lev Kuleshov (1899), Leonid Gaidai (1923), Eldar Ryazanov (1927), Elem Klimov (1933), Ladislas Starevich (1882), and Yuri Norstein (1941).

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