Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Directing 1894-09-10 Viunyshche, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire [now part of Sosnytsia, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine]
Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko was a Ukrainian Soviet screenwriter, film producer and director. He is often cited as one of the most important early Soviet filmmakers, alongside Sergei Eisenstein, Dziga Vertov, and Vsevolod Pudovkin, as well as being a pioneer of Soviet montage theory. Although Oleksandr Dovzhenko's parents were uneducated, his semi-literate grandfather encouraged him to study, leading him to become a teacher at the age of 19. Dovzhenko turned to film in 1926 when he landed in …
Known For
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Larisa
1980
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Triumph Over Violence
1965
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Dovzhenko. Full of Compromise
2025
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Our Cinema
1940
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The Diplomatic Pouch
1927
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Dovzhenko. Diary. 1941-1945
1992
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Dovzhenko. Ukrainian Homer of Cinema
2013
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Sonata about the artist
1966
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How The Steel Was Tempered - On Screen and In Life
2007
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Oleksandr Dovzhenko. The Contemplations After Life
1992
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Oleksandr Dovzhenko. Odesa Dawn
2014