Director,
Writer,
Actor
Born 1906, Russia
 
Died 1985
Sergey GERASIMOV
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Сергей Аполлинаревич ГЕРАСИМОВ
Sergueï GUERASSIMOV
Also : Sergej Gerasimov
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
1984 - Leo Tolstoy (Лев Толстой) [fiction, 168 mn]
1980 - The Youth of Peter the Great (Юность Петра) [fiction, 140 mn]
1980 - At the Beginning of Glorious Days (В начале славных дел) [fiction, 134 mn]
1976 - Kranoe i chernoe (Красное и черное) [fiction, 309 mn]
1974 - Dochki-materi (Дочки-матери) [fiction, 101 mn]
1972 - Lyubit cheloveka (Любить человека) [fiction, 167 mn]
1969 - By The Lake (У озера) [fiction, 184 mn]
1967 - The Journalist (Журналист) [fiction, 226 mn]
1962 - The Men and the Beasts (Люди и звери) [fiction, 221 mn]
1957 - And Quiet Flows the Don (Тихий Дон) [fiction, 350 mn]
1954 - Nadezhda (Надежда) [fiction, 49 mn]
1953 - Velikoe proshchanie (Великое прощание) [documentary, 65 mn]
1951 - Selskiy vrach (Сельский врач) [fiction, 112 mn]
1951 - The New China (Освобожденный Китай) [documentary]
1948 - The Young Guard (Молодая гвардия) [fiction, 170 mn]
1944 - The Mainland (Большая земля) [fiction, 83 mn]
1943 - Kinokontsert k 25-letiyu Krasnoy Armii (Киноконцерт к 25-летию Красной Армии) [documentary]
1942 - Invincible (Непобедимые) [fiction, 94 mn]
1941 - Maskarad (Маскарад) [fiction, 113 mn]
1941 - Vstrechа s Maksimom (Встреча с Максимом) [fiction, 9 mn]
1941 - Old Guard (Старая гвардия) [fiction, 36 mn]
1939 - The Teacher (Учитель) [fiction, 103 mn]
1938 - Komsomolsk (Комсомольск) [fiction, 105 mn]
1936 - Seven Brave Spirits (Семеро смелых) [fiction, 92 mn]
1934 - Do I Love You (Люблю ли тебя?) [fiction, 65 mn]
1932 - Forest (Лес) [fiction, 80 mn]
1932 - Solomon's art (Сердце Соломона) [fiction, 62 mn]
1930 - Twenty two Misfortunes (Двадцать два несчастья) [fiction, 54 mn]
 
Writer
1984 - Leo Tolstoy (Лев Толстой) from Sergey GERASIMOV [fiction, 168 mn]
1980 - The Youth of Peter the Great (Юность Петра) from Sergey GERASIMOV [fiction, 140 mn]
1980 - At the Beginning of Glorious Days (В начале славных дел) from Sergey GERASIMOV [fiction, 134 mn]
1972 - Lyubit cheloveka (Любить человека) from Sergey GERASIMOV [fiction, 167 mn]
1969 - By The Lake (У озера) from Sergey GERASIMOV [fiction, 184 mn]
1967 - The Journalist (Журналист) from Sergey GERASIMOV [fiction, 226 mn]
1958 - Pamyat serdtsa (Память сердца) from Tatyana LIOZNOVA [fiction, 98 mn]
1957 - And Quiet Flows the Don (Тихий Дон) from Veniamin DORMAN , Sergey GERASIMOV [fiction, 350 mn]
1948 - The Young Guard (Молодая гвардия) from Sergey GERASIMOV [fiction, 170 mn]
1942 - Invincible (Непобедимые) from Sergey GERASIMOV , Mikhail KALATOZOV [fiction, 94 mn]
1941 - Maskarad (Маскарад) from Sergey GERASIMOV [fiction, 113 mn]
1939 - The Teacher (Учитель) from Sergey GERASIMOV [fiction, 103 mn]
1938 - Komsomolsk (Комсомольск) from Sergey GERASIMOV [fiction, 105 mn]
1936 - Seven Brave Spirits (Семеро смелых) from Sergey GERASIMOV [fiction, 92 mn]
 
Actor
1984 - Leo Tolstoy (Лев Толстой) from Sergey GERASIMOV [fiction, 168 mn]
1974 - Dochki-materi (Дочки-матери) from Sergey GERASIMOV [fiction, 101 mn]
1969 - By The Lake (У озера) from Sergey GERASIMOV [fiction, 184 mn]
1967 - The Journalist (Журналист) from Sergey GERASIMOV [fiction, 226 mn]
1941 - Maskarad (Маскарад) from Sergey GERASIMOV [fiction, 113 mn]
1938 - Komsomolsk (Комсомольск) from Sergey GERASIMOV [fiction, 105 mn]
1935 - Granitsa (Граница) from Mikhail DUBSON [fiction, 87 mn]
1934 - Wake Up Lenochka (Разбудите Леночку) from Antonina KUDRIATSEVA [fiction, 27 mn]
1933 - The Deserter (Дезертир) from Vsevolod PUDOVKIN [fiction, 103 mn]
1931 - Alone (Одна) from Grigori KOZINTSEV , Leonid TRAUBERG [fiction, 80 mn]
1929 - New Babylon (The) (Новый Вавилон) from Grigori KOZINTSEV , Leonid TRAUBERG [fiction, 95 mn]
1929 - Fragment of an Empire (Обломок империи) from Friedrich ERMLER [fiction, 78 mn]
1927 - Union of the Great Cause (Союз великого дела) from Grigori KOZINTSEV , Leonid TRAUBERG [fiction, 76 mn]
1926 - Brother (Братишка) from Grigori KOZINTSEV , Leonid TRAUBERG [fiction, 57 mn]
1926 - The Devil's Wheel (Чертово колесо) from Grigori KOZINTSEV , Leonid TRAUBERG [fiction, 76 mn]
1926 - The Cloak / The Overcoat (Шинель) from Grigori KOZINTSEV , Leonid TRAUBERG [fiction, 66 mn]
1925 - Mishki against Yudenich (Мишки против Юденича) from Grigori KOZINTSEV , Leonid TRAUBERG [fiction, 25 mn]
 
Sites : IMDb, Chapaev.media

Awards :
Prix d’Etat de l’Union soviétique (1941. 1949, 1951, 1971); prix Lénine du Komsomol (1970); héros du Travail socialiste (1974), prix Lénine (1984).
The Journalist :
First prize, Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 1967
Leo Tolstoy :
Premier prix au Festival de l'Union Soviétique, 1985
Seven Brave Spirits :
Diplôme d’honneur à l’exposition de Paris en 1937
By The Lake :
Meilleur film de l'année 1970 pour les lecteurs du journal Sovietski ekran
The Youth of Peter the Great :
Prix spécial de la meilleure mise en scène au Festival du cinéma de l’Union Soviétique, 1981
At the Beginning of Glorious Days :
Prix spécial au Festival du film de l'Union soviétique, 1981

Biography
Born in 1906 in Urals area of that days Russian Empire, Sergei Appolinarievich Gerasimov studied at the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) College of Arts and graduated from the Actors Department of the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Institute for Stage Arts in 1928. In early 1920s he joined FEKS group, founded by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg. Firstly he acted in the Grigori Kozintsev's silent films, such as The Overcoat and New Babylon. In early 1930s he became a head of Acting and Directing Master Class in Lenfilm Studios. First film he wrote and directed was "Twenty-two Misfortunes" in 1930. Later he was appointed to produce the screen versions of famous classics of Socialist Realism. "The Young Guard" (1948), based on the novel by Alexander Fadeyev, combined a panoramic view of war with detailed studies of individual personalities. Gerasimov's screen version of Mikhail Sholokov's novel ''And Quiet Flows the Don'' (1957)- the two-part film was praised inside and outside the Soviet Union as a significant contribution to the development of Soviet film. Both these films were considered as the exemplary works by soviet authorities. In his last film "Leo Tolstoy", he starred in the role of Leo Tolstoy together with his wife Tamara Makarova as Leo's wife. For this film he was awarded the Lenin Prize, one of the Soviet Union's top honors in 1984. Sergei Gerasimov was one of the most reputable film directors and screenwriters in the Soviet Union. The oldest film school in the world, VGIK, is named after Sergei Gerasimov. He died of a heart attack in 1985.
Source : www.seagullfilms.com
 

Commentaries and bibliography
- Le Don paisible, Quiet Flows the Don 2023, dvdtoile.com
- До, во время и после войны [Avant, pendant et après la guerre] Виктор ФИЛИМОНОВ, 2023, kinoart.ru
- Les dix meilleurs films soviétiques des années 1930 (Vidéos) Eleonora GOLDMAN, 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Les dix meilleurs films soviétiques des années 1950 Boris EGOROV, 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Cinq films qui vous aideront à mieux comprendre l'histoire de la Russie Boris EGOROV, 2022, RUSSIA BEYOND
- «Смерть Сталина»: Еще 10 фильмов о кончине советского вождя [10 films du monde sur la mort de Staline] Максим СЕМЕНОВ, 2018, Kinopoisk
- Эволюция образа Белого движения в отечественном и зарубежном игровом кинематографе звукового периода. , Aleksandr FEDOROV, 2015, МОО «Информация для всех»
- Кино в Петербурге. Петербург в кино , Anna KOVALOVA, 2011, seance.ru
- Сергей Аполлинариевич Герасимов. Жизнь и творчество. К 100-летию со дня рождения , Zinaida SHATINA, 2005, Госфильмофонд России
- Сергей Герасимов , Lev PARFENOV, 1975, Искусство
- La FEKS , Barthélémy AMENGUAL, 1970, Premier Plan n°54, Lyon