Vasily Mikhailovich Goncharov (Russian: Василий Михайлович Гончаров) (1861 – 23 August 1915) was a Russian film director and screenwriter, one of the pioneers of the film industry in the Russian Empire, who directed an early Russian feature film Defence of Sevastopol.[1]
Vasily Mikhailovich Goncharov (Василий Михайлович Гончаров) | |
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| Born | 1861 |
| Died | 23 August 1915 (aged 53-54) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1908–1915 |
Filmography
edit| Russian Title | Transliteration | English Title | Release Date | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | ||||||
| Песнь про купца Калашникова | Pesn' pro kuptsa Kalashnikova | Song About the Merchant Kalashnikov | 2 March 1909 | lost | ||
| Русская свадьба XVI столетия | Russkaya svadba XVI stoletiya | A 16th Century Russian Wedding | 25 April 1909 | |||
| Преступление и наказание | Prestuplenie i nakazanie | Crime and Punishment | May 1909 | lost | ||
| Вий | Viy | Viy (Vii) | 27 Sept 1909 | Based on a novella by Nikolai Gogol. Lost | ||
| Ухарь-купец | Ukhar'-kupyets | The Happy-go-Lucky Merchant | 29 Sept 1909 | |||
| Смерть Иоанна Грозного | Smert Ioanna Groznovo | The Death of Ivan the Terrible | 6 October 1909 | |||
| Мазепа | Mazepa | Mazeppa | 27 October 1909 | |||
| Чародейка | Charodeyka | The Enchantress [2] | 28 October 1909 | with Pyotr Chardynin | ||
| Ванька-ключник | Vanka-klyuchnik | Vanka the Steward | 1 November 1909 | |||
| Драма в Москве | Drama v Moskve | Drama in Moscow | Never released | lost | ||
| 1910 | ||||||
| Пётр Великий | Pyotr Velikiy | Peter the Great | 6 January 1910 | with Kai Hansen | ||
| В полночь на кладбище | V polnoch na kladbishe | At Midnight in the Graveyard | 30 Jan 1910 | lost | ||
| Выбор царской невесты | Vybor tsarskoj nevesty | Choosing of the Tsar's Bride | 9 March 1910 | Filmed in 1908. Lost | ||
| Русалка | Rusalka | The Water Nymph | 30 March 1910 | |||
| Генерал Топтыгин | General Toptygin | General Bruin | 15 May 1910 | |||
| Коробейники | Korobeiniki | Korobeiniki | 30 August 1910 | |||
| Жизнь и смерть Пушкина | Zhizn i smert Pushkina | Life and Death of Pushkin | 3 September 1910 | |||
| Наполеон в России | Napoleon v Rossiya | Napoleon in Russia | ||||
| 1911 | ||||||
| Евгений Онегин | Evgeniy Onegin | Eugene Onegin | 1 March 1911 | |||
| Оборона Севастополя | Oborona Sevastopolya | Defence of Sevastopol | 9 September 1911 | |||
| Жизнь за царя | Zhizn za tsarya | A Life for the Tsar | ||||
| 1912 | ||||||
| 1812 год | 1812 god | 1812 | 25 August 1912 | with Kai Hansen and Aleksandr Uralsky | ||
| Крестьянская доля | Krestyanskaya dolya | The Peasants' Lot | 13 November 1912 | |||
| Братья-разбойники | Bratya-razboyniki | The Robber Brothers | ||||
| 1913 | ||||||
| Воцарение дома Романовых | Votsarenie doma Romanovyh | Accession of the Romanov Dynasty | 16 February 1913 | with Pyotr Chardynin | ||
| Хас Булат | Khas Bulat | Khas Bulat | ||||
| Покорение Кавказа | Pokorenie Kavkaza | The Conquest of Caucasus | lost | |||
| 1914 | ||||||
| Волга и Сибирь | Volga i Sibir | Volga and Siberia | ||||
References
edit- ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 259–261. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
- ^ The Enchantress at IMDb