Vladimir Rostislavovich Gardin (Russian: Ð'Ð»Ð°Ð´Ð¸Ì Ð¼Ð¸Ñ€ Ð
Ð¾Ñ Ñ‚Ð¸Ñ Ð»Ð°Ì Ð²Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð"Ð°Ì Ñ€Ð´Ð¸Ð½) (born Vladimir
Rostislavovich Blagonravov (Ð'Ð»Ð°Ð³Ð¾Ð½Ñ€Ð°Ì Ð²Ð¾Ð²); 18 January
[O.S. 6 January] 1877 â€" 28 May 1965) was a pioneering Russian film
director and actor who strove to raise the artistic level of Russian
cinema.He first gained renown as a stage actor in the adaptations of
Russian classics by Vera Komissarzhevskaya and other directors. In
1913, he turned to cinema and started producing screen versions of
great Russian fiction: Anna Karenina (1914), The Kreutzer Sonata
(1914), Home of the Gentry (1914), War and Peace (1915, co-directed
with Yakov Protazanov), and On the Eve (1915).After the Russian
Revolution of 1917, he organized and presided over the first film
school in the world, now known as VGIK. With the advent of sound
pictures, he stopped directing and returned to acting. His roles won
him a high critical acclaim and the title of People's Artist of the
USSR (1947). Gardin published two volumes of memoirs in 1949 and 1952.
Another book, The Artist's Life and Labor, followed in 1960.
Ð¾Ñ Ñ‚Ð¸Ñ Ð»Ð°Ì Ð²Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð"Ð°Ì Ñ€Ð´Ð¸Ð½) (born Vladimir
Rostislavovich Blagonravov (Ð'Ð»Ð°Ð³Ð¾Ð½Ñ€Ð°Ì Ð²Ð¾Ð²); 18 January
[O.S. 6 January] 1877 â€" 28 May 1965) was a pioneering Russian film
director and actor who strove to raise the artistic level of Russian
cinema.He first gained renown as a stage actor in the adaptations of
Russian classics by Vera Komissarzhevskaya and other directors. In
1913, he turned to cinema and started producing screen versions of
great Russian fiction: Anna Karenina (1914), The Kreutzer Sonata
(1914), Home of the Gentry (1914), War and Peace (1915, co-directed
with Yakov Protazanov), and On the Eve (1915).After the Russian
Revolution of 1917, he organized and presided over the first film
school in the world, now known as VGIK. With the advent of sound
pictures, he stopped directing and returned to acting. His roles won
him a high critical acclaim and the title of People's Artist of the
USSR (1947). Gardin published two volumes of memoirs in 1949 and 1952.
Another book, The Artist's Life and Labor, followed in 1960.
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