FILM DIRECTOR

Yakov Protazanov

1881 - 1945

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Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov (Russian: Яков Александрович Протазанов; 4 February (O.S. 23 January ) 1881 – 8 August 1945) was a Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema of Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yakov Protazanov has received more than 50,956 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Yakov Protazanov is the 595th most popular film director (up from 627th in 2019), the 1,123rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,129th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Russian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 51k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Yakov Protazanov has had the most page views in the with 20,383 views, followed by English (5,902), and Ukrainian (1,450). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Crimean Tatar (526.09%), French (248.31%), and Galician (174.81%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Yakov Protazanov ranks 595 out of 2,041. Before him are Norman Taurog, Norman McLaren, Nicolas Roeg, Jerome Robbins, Ann Hui, and Avi Arad. After him are Robert Rodriguez, Grigory Chukhray, Albert Lamorisse, Christopher Doyle, Donald P. Bellisario, and Michel Hazanavicius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Yakov Protazanov ranks 109. Before him are Israel Zolli, María Blanchard, Pablo Gargallo, Ken McArthur, Ber Borochov, and Felix von Luckner. After him are Vlas Chubar, Jacob Israël de Haan, Nasib Yusifbeyli, Harry Hillman, Jānis Balodis, and Giuseppe Amisani. Among people deceased in 1945, Yakov Protazanov ranks 207. Before him are Emily Carr, Karl Decker, Henri Maspero, Roberto Farinacci, Augustín Malár, and Rolf Carls. After him are John Curtin, Gustav Fehn, Ludwig Müller, Alfred Delp, Henrietta Szold, and Demyan Bedny.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yakov Protazanov ranks 1,123 out of 3,761. Before him are Vera Alentova (1942), Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia (1877), Andrei Amalrik (1938), Yevgeny Svetlanov (1928), Anatoly Berezovoy (1942), and Sergey Solovyov (1820). After him are Dmitry Pisarev (1840), Svetlana Medvedeva (1965), Maksim Purkayev (1894), Vasily Golitsyn (1643), Valery Ryumin (1939), and Alexander Alyabyev (1787).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Yakov Protazanov ranks 20. Before him are Yuri Norstein (1941), Grigori Aleksandrov (1903), Gleb Panfilov (1934), Boris Barnet (1902), Mikhail Romm (1901), and Sergei Yutkevich (1904). After him are Sergei Gerasimov (1906), Stanislav Govorukhin (1936), Aleksei Yuryevich German (1938), Sergei Bodrov (1948), Andrey Zvyagintsev (1964), and Tatyana Lioznova (1924).

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Filmography

The Queen of Spades
Director
While hosting a game of cards one night, Narumov tells his friends a story about his grandmother, a Countess. As a young woman, she had once incurred an enormous gambling debt, which she was able to erase by learning a secret that guaranteed that she could win by playing her cards in a certain order. One of Narumov's friends, German, has never gambled, but he is intrigued by the story about the Countess and her secret. He soon becomes obsessed with learning this secret from her, and he starts by courting her young ward Lizaveta, hoping to use her to gain access to the Countess.
Apr 1o 19165.588 / 10
Aelita: Queen of Mars
Director
A young man travels to Mars in a rocket ship, where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group with the support of Queen Aelita, who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.
Sep 24o 19245.986 / 10
Father Sergius
Director
The story of Prince Stepán Kasátsky discovering his fiancée was the mistress of the Czar, so he then becomes a monk.
May 14o 19185.813 / 10