Vladimir Gardin
Vladimir Rostislavovich Gardin 28 May 1965, born Blagonravov) was a pioneering Russian film director and actor who strove to raise the artistic level of Russian cinema. He first gained renown as a stage actor in the adaptations of Russian classics by Vera Komissarzhevskaya and other directors. In 1913, he turned to cinema and started producing screen versions of great Russian fiction: Anna Karenina (1914), The Kreutzer Sonata (1914), A Nest of Noblemen (1914), War and Peace (1915, co-directed with Yakov Protazanov), and On the Eve (1915).
Also recorded as Vladimir Rostislavovich Gardin
Vladimir Gardin
- Name
- Vladimir Gardin
- Birth Name
- Vladimir Rostislavovich Blagonravov
- Born
- 18 January 1877
- Birthplace
- Tver, Russian Empire
- Died
- 28 May 1965
- Place of death
- Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter, actor
- Full name
- Владимир Ростиславович Благонравов.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire and Soviet Union.
- Education
- Second Moscow Cadet Corps and Kyiv Infantry engineering cadet school.
- Honours
- Order of the Badge of Honour, People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal For the Defence of Leningrad, Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 and People's Artist of the RSFSR.
- Languages
- Russian.
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After the Russian Revolution of 1917, he organized and presided over the first film school in the world, now known as VGIK. With the advent of sound pictures, he stopped directing and returned to acting. His roles won him a high critical acclaim and the title of People's Artist of the USSR (1947). Gardin published two volumes of memoirs in 1949 and 1952. Another book, The Artist's Life and Labor, followed in 1960.
Vladimir Gardin studied at Second Moscow Cadet Corps and Kyiv Infantry engineering cadet school. The recorded working language is Russian. Employment is recorded with Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Badge of Honour, People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad".
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• Name — Vladimir Gardin • Birth Name — Vladimir Rostislavovich Blagonravov • Born — 18 January 1877 • Birthplace — Tver, Russian Empire • Died — 28 May 1965 • Place of death — Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter, actor • Years Active — 19131965
Director
Director
• The Keys to Happiness (film) (1913); co-directed with Yakov Protazanov • Days of Our Life (1914) • Anna Karenina (1914) • The Kreutzer Sonata (1914) • A Nest of Noblemen (1914) • War and Peace (1915) • Petersburg Slums (1915); co-directed with Yakov Protazanov • Ghosts (1915) • Thought (1916) • The Iron Heel (1919) • Hunger... Hunger... Hunger (1921) • Sickle and Hammer (1921) • A Spectre Haunts Europe (film) (1923) • Locksmith and Chancellor (1923) • Cross and Mauser (1925) • Gold Reserves (1925) • The Marriage of the Bear (1926) • The Poet and the Tsar (1927) • Kastus Kalinovskiy (1928)
Actor
Actor
• Sniper (1931) • Beethoven Concerto (1936) • Pugachev (1937) • Stepan Razin (1939) • Russian Ballerina (1947)
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In 1968 a memorial plaque was erected in Saint Petersburg (Potemkinskaya Street, 9), architect is Vladimir Vasilkovsky. Text on the board: "People's Artist of the USSR Vladimir Rostislavovich Gardin lived in this house from 1927 to 1965" (Russian: «В этом доме с 1927 года по 1965 год жил народный артист СССР Владимир Ростиславович Гардин».
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Vladimir Gardin is recorded as having studied at Second Moscow Cadet Corps and Kyiv Infantry engineering cadet school.
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1877
Vladimir Gardin born at Tver.
1965
Vladimir Gardin died at Saint Petersburg.
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Vladimir Gardin received Order of the Badge of Honour, People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and People's Artist of the RSFSR.
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- 1.https://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/bse/77646/Гардин Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- 2.Кладбища и могилы знаменитостей
- 3.Peter Rollberg. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. 243–245. 2009. 978-0-8108-6072-8.
- 4.http://www.encspb.ru/object/2805550958?lc=ru
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Vladimir Gardin was recorded at birth as Владимир Ростиславович Благонравов. The authorities additionally record the heading Vladimir Rostislavovich Gardin. His recorded language was Russian.
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