Nikolai Batalov
Illustration — Nikolai Batalov (1926) Nikolai Petrovich Batalov (6 December 1899 in Moscow – 10 November 1937 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He performed in a number of notable films between 1924 and 1931. He was awarded the title Merited Artist of the Russian Federation in 1933.
Also recorded as Nikolai Petrovich Batalov
Nikolai Batalov

Vsevolod Pudovkin · Screenshot from soviet film Mat (1926) by Vsevolod Pudovkin · Public domain
- Born
- 1899. · Moscow.
- Died
- 1937. · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire and Soviet Union.
- Occupation
- actor and pedagogue.
- Fields
- acting and pedagogy of acting.
- Education
- School of Drama Art.
- Honours
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Merited Artist of the RSFSR.
- Languages
- Russian.
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Illustration — Nikolai Batalov (1926) Nikolai Petrovich Batalov (6 December 1899 in Moscow – 10 November 1937 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He performed in a number of notable films between 1924 and 1931. He was awarded the title Merited Artist of the Russian Federation in 1933.
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Life and career
Life and career
He married People's Artist of the USSR Olga Androvskaya in 1921. He was actor Aleksei Batalov's uncle.
Nikolai Batalov studied at School of Drama Art. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is acting and pedagogy of acting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Soviet Union. Employment is recorded with Russian Institute of Theatre Arts. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Merited Artist of the RSFSR.
Batalov joined the Second Studio of the Moscow Art Theater in 1916 and became a member of the theater’s main troupe in 1924. Batalov’s film debut was the supporting role of Red Army private Gusev in Yakov Protazanov’s science fiction film Aelita (1924). Batalov gained international recognition as the heroic worker Pavel Vlasov in Vsevolod Pudovkin’s Mother (1926). In Abram Room’s controversial social drama Bed and Sofa (1927) he played a more humorous character. The film was a fictionalized account of the relationship of the Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky who lived with Lilya Brik and her husband Osip Brik for some years. Batalov became one of the most in demand Soviet silent film actors. He transitioned to sound film successfully with the first Soviet sound feature, Nikolai Ekk’s Road to Life (1931), in which he portrayed Communist educator Nikolai Sergeev, who wins the trust of homeless juvenile delinquents and converts them to Soviet ideals. Lev Kuleshov cast Batalov in the title role of Jewish watchmaker Leo Horizon in Horizon (1932), the second Soviet sound film, released in early 1933. Batalov also starred in a number of historical and adventure films such as The Shepherd and the Tsar (1935). Semen Timoshenko’s comedy Three Comrades (1935), in which Batalov played efficient manager Latsis, was also a success. He died in 1937 after a lengthy illness of severe tuberculosis.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
Film • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1935 — Three Comrades — Latsis • 1932 — Horizon — Lev Horizon • 1931 — Road to Life — Nikolai Ivanovich Sergeyev • 1927 — The Yellow Ticket — Maria's fellow villager • Bed and Sofa — Nikolai • 1926 — Mother — Pavel Vlasov • 1924 — Aelita — Gusev
Nicolai Batalov dans "Аэлита" (Aelita)
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Life and career
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Life and career
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1937
Nikolai Batalov died at Moscow.
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- 1.imdb nom id=0060693 sous-page=bio
- 2.La Mère est une adaptation du livre éponyme de Maxime Gorki de Moscou.
- 3.A Companion to Russian Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. 2016. 978-1-118-41276-3 lire en.
- 4.И. Соловьева. Николай Петрович Баталов. mxat.ru. consulté.
- 5.Николай Баталов. Кино-Театр.Ру consulté.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Jay Leyda, Kino : histoire du cinéma russe et soviétique, Lausanne, Éditions l'Âge d'homme, 1976, 533 pages.
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