Yutkevich Sergey Iosifovich :: ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SAINT PETERSBURG

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Akimov Comedy Theatre

AKIMOV COMEDY THEATRE (56 Nevsky Prospect). Founded in 1926 as the Satire Theatre (private non-repertory company). Originally, it mainly produced so-called programme-reviews comprised of burning miniatures. B.A. Babochkin, L.O. Utesov and other famous actors performed at the theatre. In 1929, it became a state theatre and then in 1931 joined with the Comedy Theatre's troupe and the former Passage troupe (E.M.

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Chirkov B.P. (1901-1982), film actor CHIRKOV Boris Petrovich (1901-1982), film and theatre actor, author of books and articles, People’s Artist of the USSR (1950) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1975). After graduating from the Leningrad Institute of Stage Arts in 1926 he worked at the Leningrad Youth Theatre and the New Youth Theatre.

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Ermler F.M. (1898-1967), film director ERMLER Friedrich Markovich (1898-1967, Leningrad), film director, People’s Artist of the USSR (1948). Studied acting at the Leningrad Institute of Screen Arts in 1923-24 and at the Film Academy in 1929-31. Worked at Sevzapkino Film Factory (today Lenfilm) from 1924. Founded the Experimental Film Workshop with E. Y. Ioganson.

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Factory of Eccentricity FACTORY OF ECCENTRICITY (FEKS), the creative association, existed in Petrograd (Leningrad) in 1922-26. The aesthetic programme of the Factory of Eccentricity stood close to the ideas of the Leftist Arts Front and V. E. Meyerhold’s and V. V. Mayakovsky’s quest.

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Kadochnikov P.P. (1915-1988) film actor KADOCHNIKOV Pavel Petrovich (1915, Petrograd - 1988, Leningrad), actor, film director, People’s Artist of the USSR (1979), Hero of Socialist Labour (1985). After graduating from the Leningrad Theatre Institute he worked as an actor at Leningrad’s Youth Theatre in 1935-44. Acted and directed at Lenfilm from 1944.

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Lenfilm, Film Studio LENFILM (10 Kamennoostrovsky Avenue), film studio. Founded in 1918 as the Petrograd Cinema Committee under the People's Commissariat of Education (see also under Cinema). Its first feature film was Integration (Uplotnenie), written by A. V. Lunacharsky and shot in 1918 by directors A. P. Panteleev, A. I. Dolinov, and D. K. Pashkovsky.

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Shostakovich D.D., (1906-1975), composer

SHOSTAKOVICH Dmitry Dmitrievich (1906, St. Petersburg. - 1975), composer, pianist, pedagogue, People's Artist of the USSR (1954), Hero of Socialist Labor (1966). Honorary Doctor of Oxford (1958) and of many other foreign universities and academies. Graduated from Petrograd Conservatory as a pianist (studied under L.V. Nikolaev, 1923) and a composer (studied under M.O. Steinberg, 1925).

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Yutkevich S.I. (1904-1985), film director

YUTKEVICH Sergey Iosifovich (1904, St. Petersburg - 1985), film director, theorist, stage designer, People’s Artist of the USSR (1962), Ph.D. in art history (1941), and Hero of Socialist Labour (1974). Studied at the Higher State Directing Workshop and the Academy of Arts in 1921-23. Lived in Leningrad from 1928, working as a director at Lenfilm and opening the first film workshop there. He directed over 30 films, and wrote 13 books and approximately 400 articles.