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Yakov Protazanov(1881-1945)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actor
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Yakov Protazanov
Yakov Protazanov was born on 4 February 1881 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for A Narrow Escape (1920), Without Dowry (1937) and Holiday of St. Jorgen (1930). He died on 9 August 1945 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
BornFebruary 4, 1881
DiedAugust 9, 1945(64)
BornFebruary 4, 1881
DiedAugust 9, 1945(64)
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Known for

A Narrow Escape (1920)
A Narrow Escape
6.6
  • Director(as Jacob Protozanoff)
  • 1920
Without Dowry (1937)
Without Dowry
6.7
  • Director
  • 1937
Igor Ilyinsky and Isaak Rabichev in Holiday of St. Jorgen (1930)
Holiday of St. Jorgen
7.3
  • Director(as Ya. A. Protazanov)
  • 1930
Kak khoroshi, kak svezhi byli rozy
  • Director
  • 1913

Credits

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Director



  • Adventures in Bokhara (1943)
    Adventures in Bokhara
    7.1
    • Director (as Ya. Protazanov, directed by)
    • 1943
  • Salavat Yulayev (1941)
    Salavat Yulayev
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1941
  • Semiklassniki (1938)
    Semiklassniki
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1938
  • Without Dowry (1937)
    Without Dowry
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Nina Alisova and Yekaterina Borisova in O strannostyakh lyubvi (1936)
    O strannostyakh lyubvi
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1936
  • Anatoli Ktorov in Marionettes (1934)
    Marionettes
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1934
  • Tommi (1931)
    Tommi
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1931
  • Igor Ilyinsky and Isaak Rabichev in Holiday of St. Jorgen (1930)
    Holiday of St. Jorgen
    7.3
    • Director (as Ya. A. Protazanov)
    • 1930
  • Nikolay Prusakov in An Hour with Chekhov (1929)
    An Hour with Chekhov
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1929
  • Anna Sten and Izrail Bograd in The White Eagle (1928)
    The White Eagle
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1928
  • Semyon Semyonov in Don Diego i Pelageya (1928)
    Don Diego i Pelageya
    6.8
    • Director (as Ya. A. Protazanov)
    • 1928
  • Ivan Koval-Samborsky and Vera Malinovskaya in Man from the Restaurant (1927)
    Man from the Restaurant
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1927
  • Sorok pervyy (1927)
    Sorok pervyy
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1927
  • Olga Zhizneva, Vladimir Stenberg, and Georgii Stenberg in Three Thieves (1926)
    Three Thieves
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1926
  • Zakroyshchik iz Torzhka (1925)
    Zakroyshchik iz Torzhka
    6.8
    • Director
    • 1925

Writer



  • Adventures in Bokhara (1943)
    Adventures in Bokhara
    7.1
    • screenplay (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Without Dowry (1937)
    Without Dowry
    6.7
    • screenplay
    • 1937
  • Anatoli Ktorov in Marionettes (1934)
    Marionettes
    6.3
    • Writer
    • 1934
  • Fyodor Blazhevich, Sofiya Magarill, and Georgiy Muzalevskiy in Diary of a Revolutionist (1932)
    Diary of a Revolutionist
    5.8
    • Writer (as J.A. Protozanov)
    • 1932
  • Tommi (1931)
    Tommi
    6.2
    • Writer
    • 1931
  • Igor Ilyinsky and Isaak Rabichev in Holiday of St. Jorgen (1930)
    Holiday of St. Jorgen
    7.3
    • screenplay
    • sound version script (as Ya. A. Protazanov)
    • 1930
  • Nikolay Prusakov in An Hour with Chekhov (1929)
    An Hour with Chekhov
    7.0
    • writer
    • 1929
  • Anna Sten and Izrail Bograd in The White Eagle (1928)
    The White Eagle
    6.3
    • writer
    • 1928
  • Ivan Koval-Samborsky and Vera Malinovskaya in Man from the Restaurant (1927)
    Man from the Restaurant
    7.0
    • scenario
    • 1927
  • Olga Zhizneva, Vladimir Stenberg, and Georgii Stenberg in Three Thieves (1926)
    Three Thieves
    7.0
    • Writer
    • 1926
  • L'ombre du péché
    • Writer
    • 1923
  • Le sens de la mort
    • Writer
    • 1922
  • A Narrow Escape (1920)
    A Narrow Escape
    6.6
    • screenplay
    • story (as Jacob Protozanoff)
    • 1920
  • Chernaya staya
    • Writer
    • 1919
  • Tayna korolevy
    • screenplay
    • 1919

Actor



  • Ivan Koval-Samborsky and Vera Malinovskaya in Man from the Restaurant (1927)
    Man from the Restaurant
    7.0
    • 1927
  • José Raúl Capablanca, Vladimir Fogel, and Anna Zemtsova in Chess Fever (1925)
    Chess Fever
    7.1
    Short
    • Chemist
    • 1925
  • Rogneda
    Short
    • Prince Rogvold
    • 1911
  • The Convict's Song (1911)
    The Convict's Song
    Short
    • 1911
  • Smert Ioanna Groznogo (1909)
    Smert Ioanna Groznogo
    5.9
    Short
    • Garaburda
    • 1909

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Jakov Protazanov
  • Born
    • February 4, 1881
    • Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
  • Died
    • August 9, 1945
    • Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia](undisclosed)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

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  • Trivia
    Russian director from 1911, former actor. Fled Russia during the post-Revolution civil war and worked for a time in France. Returned in 1924 to direct his most famous film, the pioneering science fiction Aelita, the Queen of Mars (1924). Unlike many of his peers, he had a fondness for lighter subjects, from romantic melodramas to Oriental escapism, such as Adventures in Bokhara (1943).

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