Maxim Strauch
Maksim Maksimovich Shtraukh (23 February 1900 – 3 January 1974) was a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actor. He was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1965. Shtraukh is known for playing Vladimir Lenin on stage and in film.
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Maxim Strauch

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- Name
- Maksim Shtraukh
- Birth Name
- Maksim Maksimovich Shtraukh
- Born
- 23 February 1900
- Birthplace
- Moscow, Russian Empire
- Died
- 3 January 1974
- Place of death
- Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Occupation
- Actor, theatre director
- Awards
- Two Stalin Prizes second degree (1946, 1951).
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Fields
- acting · directing · theatre · film
- Education
- Peter and Paul Male Lutheran School
- Honours
- Stalin Prize · Order of Lenin · People's Artist of the USSR · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 · Honored Artist of the RSFSR
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Maksim Maksimovich Shtraukh (23 February 1900 – 3 January 1974) was a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actor. He was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1965. Shtraukh is known for playing Vladimir Lenin on stage and in film.
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He had a privilege to get a discount for V. Lenin bust at any USSR shop.
Maxim Strauch studied at Peter and Paul Male Lutheran School. The recorded working language is German and Russian. The field of work recorded is acting, directing and theatre. Employment is recorded with Meyerhold State Theatre, Mayakovsky Theatre and Maly Theatre. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, People's Artist of the USSR and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
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• Name — Maksim Shtraukh • Birth Name — Maksim Maksimovich Shtraukh • Born — 23 February 1900 • Birthplace — Moscow, Russian Empire • Died — 3 January 1974 • Place of death — Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — Actor, theatre director • Years Active — 1925–1974 • Awards — Two Stalin Prizes second degree (1946, 1951). Stalin Prize first degree (1946). Lenin Prize (1959).
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Selected filmography
• 1923 – Glumov's Diary • 1924 – Strike • 1925 – Battleship Potemkin • 1929 – The General Line • 1929 – The Ghost That Never Returns • 1930 – The Civil Servant • 1933 – The Deserter • 1933 – The Conveyor of Death • 1934 – The Four Visits of Samuel Wolfe • 1936 – A Severe Young Man • 1938 – Doctor Aybolit • 1938 – The Man with the Gun • 1938 – The Vyborg Side • 1940 – Yakov Sverdlov • 1942 – His Name Is Sukhe-Bator • 1943 – Two Soldiers • 1943 – The Young Fritz • 1946 – The Vow • 1947 – Light over Russia • 1948 – The Court of Honor • 1949 – The Battle of Stalingrad • 1949 – The Fall of Berlin • 1950 – Conspiracy of the Doomed – Stalin Prize second degree (1951). • 1956 – Murder on Dante Street • 1957 – Stories About Lenin • 1957 – Leningrad Symphony • 1965 – Lenin in Poland
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Maxim Strauch born at Moscow.
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Maxim Strauch died at Moscow.
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- 1.Allerdings war Schtrauch, anders als der Stalin-Darsteller Micheil Gelowani, nie völlig auf die Rolle des „offiziellen“ Lenin-Darstellers festgelegt. Zum einen spielte er immer wieder auch andere Rollen; zum anderen wurde Lenin auch zu Schtrauchs aktiver Zeit im sowjetischen Kino immer wieder von anderen Schauspielern verkörpert, so (in chronologischer Abfolge) von Boris Schtschukin (1894–1939), Pawel Moltschanow (1902–1977), Michail Kondratjew (1905–1984), Boris Smirnow (1908–1982), Wladimir Tschestnokow (1904–1968), Michail Kusnezow (1918–1986) und Juri Kajurow (* 1927).
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The authorities additionally record the headings Maksim Maksimovich Shtraukh, Maksim Štrauh and Maxim von Strauch. His recorded languages were German and Russian. He was the child of Max von Strauch. He married Yudif Glizer. Strauch worked in acting, directing, theatre and film. He was employed by Meyerhold State Theatre, Mayakovsky Theatre, Maly Theatre and Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre. Recorded as having received Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin and People's Artist of the USSR. The identifiers under which Maxim Strauch may be traced in institutional catalogues.
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