Fridrikh Ermler
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Fridrikh Markovich Ermler (born Vladimir Markovich Breslav; 13 May 1898 Rēzekne
– 12 July 1967 Leningrad
), was a Soviet
film director
, actor
, and screenwriter
. He was a four-time recipient of the Stalin Prize (in 1941, twice in 1946, and in 1951).
After studying pharmacology, he joined the Czarist army in 1917 and soon took part in the October revolution
on the side of the Bolshevists. Captured and tortured by the White army
, he only became a full party member
at the end of the Civil War
.
From 1923 to 1924 Ermler studied at the Cinema Academy. In 1932 he took part in creating one of the first Soviet talkies – the movie Vstrechny (The Counterplan). He also was one of the founders of the Creative Association KEM (together with E. Ioganson) He was one of the main figures in the Soviet propaganda movie industry whose main priority was glorifying Stalin and his successful leadership in the country’s progress.
A memorial plaque was placed on the house in Leningrad
where he lived from 1930 to 1962.
Rezekne
In the 19th century, the population of Rēzekne was 2/3 Jewish. As a result of the Pale of Settlement many Jews settled in Latgalia and were confined to the cities. The remainder of the population included Poles, Germans, Russians, and an extreme minority of native Latgalians...
– 12 July 1967 Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
), was a Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. He was a four-time recipient of the Stalin Prize (in 1941, twice in 1946, and in 1951).
After studying pharmacology, he joined the Czarist army in 1917 and soon took part in the October revolution
October Revolution
The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
on the side of the Bolshevists. Captured and tortured by the White army
White movement
The White movement and its military arm the White Army - known as the White Guard or the Whites - was a loose confederation of Anti-Communist forces.The movement comprised one of the politico-military Russian forces who fought...
, he only became a full party member
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the only legal, ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest communist organizations in the world...
at the end of the Civil War
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...
.
From 1923 to 1924 Ermler studied at the Cinema Academy. In 1932 he took part in creating one of the first Soviet talkies – the movie Vstrechny (The Counterplan). He also was one of the founders of the Creative Association KEM (together with E. Ioganson) He was one of the main figures in the Soviet propaganda movie industry whose main priority was glorifying Stalin and his successful leadership in the country’s progress.
A memorial plaque was placed on the house in Leningrad
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
where he lived from 1930 to 1962.
Filmography
- Scarlet Fever (Скарлатина) (1924); short
- Children of the Storm (Дети бури) (1926); co-directed with Eduard Ioganson
- Katka's Reinette Apples (Катька — Бумажный Ранет) (1926); co-directed with Eduard Ioganson
- The House in the Snow-Drifts (Дом в сугробах) (1927)
- The Parisian Cobbler (Парижский сапожник) (1927)
- Fragment of an Empire (Обломок империи) (1929)
- CounterplanCounterplan (film)Counterplan is a 1932 Soviet film directed by Sergei Yutkevich and Fridrikh Ermler. The film’s title-song called "The Song of the Counterplan", composed by Dmitri Shostakovich, became world famous.-Cast:* Vladimir Gardin - Babchenko...
(Встречный) (1932); co-directed with Sergei YutkevichSergei YutkevichSergei Iosifovich Yutkevich was an award-winning Soviet film director and screenwriter.-Life and career:He began work as a teen doing puppet shows. Later he helped found the Factory of the Eccentric Actor , which was primarily concerned with circus and music hall acts. He entered films in the... - Peasants (Крестьяне) (1934)
- The Great CitizenThe Great CitizenThe Great Citizen was the first Soviet made for TV movie. Made on March 25, 1938, it was directed by Fridrikh Ermler .A fictionalized biography of Sergei Kirov , the film was intended as ideological support for the Great Purges; it depicts life in USSR during the 1920s and 1930s.-Cast:* Nikolay...
(Великий гражданин) (1939) - Balzac in Russia (Бальзак в России) (1940)
- Autumn (Осень) (1940); short, co-directed with Isaak Menaker
- She Defends The Motherland (Она защищает Родину), also released as No Greater Love (1943)
- The Turning PointThe Turning Point (1945 film)The Turning Point is a Soviet 1945 film directed by Fridrikh Ermler based on a screenplay by Boris Chirskov. The film was one of the earlier Palme d'Or winners of 1946. Runtime - 108 min. It was produced by Lenfilm, distributed in USA by Artkino Pictures, and restored in 1967 by Lenfilm. Working...
(Великий перелом) (1945) - The Great Force (Великая сила) (1949)
- Dinner Time (Званый ужин) (1953)
- Unfinished Story (Неоконченная повесть) (1955)
- The First Day (День первый) (1958)
- From New York to Yasnaya Poliana (Из Нью-Йорка в Ясную Поляну) (1963); documentary
- Facing the Judgment of History (Перед судом истории) (1965); documentary/interview with Vasily ShulginVasily ShulginVasily Vitalyevich Shulgin was Russian conservative politician and member of the White movement.-Young years:...