Gennadi Ivanovich Poloka (Russian: Ð"ÐµÐ½Ð½Ð°Ì Ð´Ð¸Ð¹
Ð˜Ð²Ð°Ì Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐŸÐ¾Ð»Ð¾Ì ÐºÐ°; 15 July 1930, Kuybyshev â€" 5
December 2014, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film director,
screenwriter, producer and actor. People's Artist of Russia (1998). IV
Class Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (2011).Gennadi Poloka was
born in Kuybyshev (now Samara). His family name comes from his Slovak
great-grandfather who left Austria-Hungary for the Russian Empire just
before the start of the World War I, saving from ethnic cleansing of
Slavs. Poloka commented on his ethnicity: «I come from a
multinational family: there were Poles, Germans, Ukrainians... I have
a strange surname. Every time I arrive in some country, there's always
a question at the press-conference about my ethnicity. But I have a
straight answer: «I am Russian». I really love Russia and can't live
more than ten days abroad». Poloka decided to become a film director
since the age of 10, after he saw The Great Waltz. He survived the war
in evacuation in Novosibirsk, together with his mother.After the end
of war Poloka tried to enter director's courses, but was rejected for
being too young. From 1947 to 1951 he studied at the M.S. Schepkin
Higher Theatre School (Institute), actor's lab. In 1957 he graduated
from VGIK, finally becoming a film director.Poloka started his career
in cinematography in 1956. He directed several documentary films and
worked as an assistant director with Grigori Aleksandrov, Mikhail
Romm, Boris Barnet and others. In 1962 a children's movie Kapron
Fishnet was released, co-directed by Poloka and Levan Shengeliya. Four
years later he directed his first independent feature â€" The Republic
of ShKID based on the acclaimed children's novel by two former orphans
(who served as screenwriters). It became one of the leaders of the
Soviet box office in 1967. Between 1967 and 1968 Poloka worked on
Intervention based on the drama of the same name by Lev Slavin. It was
not released for political reasons until 1989.[clarification needed]
Ð˜Ð²Ð°Ì Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐŸÐ¾Ð»Ð¾Ì ÐºÐ°; 15 July 1930, Kuybyshev â€" 5
December 2014, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film director,
screenwriter, producer and actor. People's Artist of Russia (1998). IV
Class Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (2011).Gennadi Poloka was
born in Kuybyshev (now Samara). His family name comes from his Slovak
great-grandfather who left Austria-Hungary for the Russian Empire just
before the start of the World War I, saving from ethnic cleansing of
Slavs. Poloka commented on his ethnicity: «I come from a
multinational family: there were Poles, Germans, Ukrainians... I have
a strange surname. Every time I arrive in some country, there's always
a question at the press-conference about my ethnicity. But I have a
straight answer: «I am Russian». I really love Russia and can't live
more than ten days abroad». Poloka decided to become a film director
since the age of 10, after he saw The Great Waltz. He survived the war
in evacuation in Novosibirsk, together with his mother.After the end
of war Poloka tried to enter director's courses, but was rejected for
being too young. From 1947 to 1951 he studied at the M.S. Schepkin
Higher Theatre School (Institute), actor's lab. In 1957 he graduated
from VGIK, finally becoming a film director.Poloka started his career
in cinematography in 1956. He directed several documentary films and
worked as an assistant director with Grigori Aleksandrov, Mikhail
Romm, Boris Barnet and others. In 1962 a children's movie Kapron
Fishnet was released, co-directed by Poloka and Levan Shengeliya. Four
years later he directed his first independent feature â€" The Republic
of ShKID based on the acclaimed children's novel by two former orphans
(who served as screenwriters). It became one of the leaders of the
Soviet box office in 1967. Between 1967 and 1968 Poloka worked on
Intervention based on the drama of the same name by Lev Slavin. It was
not released for political reasons until 1989.[clarification needed]
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