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Herbert Rappaport

Herbert Rappaport, auch Gerbert Morizewitsch Rappaport (* 7. Juli 1908 in Wien; † 5. September 1983 in Leningrad; gebürtig Herbert Jacob Otto Rappaport) war ein österreichisch-sowjetischer Filmregisseur.

Herbert Rappaport

Grave of the Rappaport family with the Austrian physician and writer Moritz Rappaport (1808–1880) and the Austrian-Soviet film director Herbert Rappaport (1908–1983) in the old Jewish section of the Vienna Central Cemetery (6/1/2–3).

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Born
1908 · Vienna.
Died
1983 · Saint Petersburg.
Nationality
Austria · Soviet Union
Occupation
screenwriter · director
Education
University of Vienna
Honours
Stalin Prize · Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 · People's Artist of the RSFSR · Jubilee Medal Medal In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad · Jubilee Medal In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin · Stalin Prize and 2nd degree
Languages
German

In this article

  1. 01Biography
  2. 02Writing and publications
  3. 03Notes, references and evidence

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