Vasily Goncharov
Encyclopedia
Vasily Mikhailovich Goncharov (1861 – 23 August 1915) was a Russian film director
and screenwriter
, one of the pioneers of the film industry in the Russian Empire
, who directed the first Russian feature film Defence of Sevastopol
.
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:...
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:...
, one of the pioneers of the film industry in the Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
, who directed the first Russian feature film Defence of Sevastopol
Defence of Sevastopol
Defence of Sevastopol is a 1911 historical war film about the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War and one of the most important films in the history of Russian cinema...
.
Filmography
| Russian Title | Transliteration | English Title | Release Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | ||||
| Песнь про купца Калашникова | Pesn' pro kuptsa Kalashnikova | Song About the Merchant Kalashnikov Song About the Merchant Kalashnikov (film) Song About the Merchant Kalashnikov is a 1909 Russian silent film directed by Vasily Goncharov. The film is believed to be lost.-Plot:The film was loosely based on the eponymous poem by Mikhail Lermontov and consisted of four scenes: the feast at the court of Ivan the Terrible, the assault of... |
2 March 1909 | lost |
| Русская свадьба XVI столетия | Russkaya svadba XVI stoletiya | A 16th Century Russian Wedding | 25 April 1909 | |
| Преступление и наказание | Prestuplenie i nakazanie | Crime and Punishment | May 1909 | lost |
| Вий | Viy | Viy (Vii) | 27 Sept 1909 | lost |
| Ухарь-купец | Ukhar'-kupyets | The Happy-go-lucky Merchant | 29 Sept 1909 | |
| Смерть Иоанна Грозного | Smert Ioanna Groznovo | The Death of Ivan the Terrible The Death of Ivan the Terrible The Death of Ivan the Terrible is an historical drama by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy written in 1863 and first published in the January 1866 issue of Otechestvennye zapiski magazine. It is the first part of a trilogy that is followed by Tsar Fiodor Ioannovich and concludes with Tsar Boris. All... |
6 October 1909 | |
| Мазепа | Mazepa | Mazeppa | 27 October 1909 | |
| Чародейка | Charodeyka | The Sorceress | 28 October 1909 | with Pyotr Chardynin Pyotr Chardynin Pyotr Ivanovich Chardynin was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Pyotr Chardynin, one of the pioneers of the film industry in the Russian Empire, directed over a hundred silent films during his career.-Biography:... |
| Ванька-ключник | Vanka-klyuchnik | Vanka the Steward | 1 November 1909 | |
| Драма в Москве | Drama v Moskve | Drama in Moscow | Never released | lost |
| 1910 | ||||
| Пётр Великий | Pyotr Velikiy | Peter the Great | 6 January 1910 | with Kai Hansen |
| В полночь на кладбище | V polnoch na kladbishe | At Midnight in the Graveyard | 30 Jan 1910 | lost |
| Выбор царской невесты | Vybor tsarskoj nevesty | Choosing of the Tsar's Bride | 9 March 1910 | Filmed in 1908. Lost |
| Русалка | Rusalka | Rusalka | 30 March 1910 | |
| Генерал Топтыгин | General Toptygin | General Bruin | 15 May 1910 | |
| Коробейники | Korobeyniki | The Peddlers | 30 August 1910 | |
| Жизнь и смерть Пушкина | Zhizn i smert Pushkina | Life and Death of Pushkin | 3 September 1910 | |
| Наполеон в России | Napoleon v Rossiya | Napoleon in Russia | ||
| 1911 | ||||
| Евгений Онегин | Evgeniy Onegin | Eugene Onegin | 1 March 1911 | |
| Оборона Севастополя | Oborona Sevastopolya | Defence of Sevastopol Defence of Sevastopol Defence of Sevastopol is a 1911 historical war film about the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War and one of the most important films in the history of Russian cinema... |
9 September 1911 | |
| Жизнь за царя | Zhizn za tsarya | A Life for the Tsar | ||
| 1912 | ||||
| 1812 год | 1812 god | 1812 | 25 August 1912 | with Kai Hansen and Aleksandr Uralsky |
| Крестьянская доля | Krestyanskaya dolya | The Peasants' Lot | 13 November 1912 | |
| Братья-разбойники | Bratya-razboyniki | The Robber Brothers | ||
| 1913 | ||||
| Воцарение дома Романовых | Votsarenie doma Romanovyh | Accession of the Romanov Dynasty | 16 February 1913 | with Pyotr Chardynin Pyotr Chardynin Pyotr Ivanovich Chardynin was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Pyotr Chardynin, one of the pioneers of the film industry in the Russian Empire, directed over a hundred silent films during his career.-Biography:... |
| Хас Булат | Khas Bulat | Khas Bulat | ||
| Покорение Кавказа | Pokorenie Kavkaza | The Conquest of Caucasus | lost | |
| 1914 | ||||
| Волга и Сибирь | Volga i Sibir | Volga and Siberia | ||