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Abram Room

Born June 28, 1894 · Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

Died July 26, 1976 · aged 82

Abram Matveyevich Room (Russian: Абрам Матвеевич Роом; real name Abram Mordkhelevich Rom, Russian: Абрам Мордхелевич Ром; 28 June 1894, Vilna – 26 July 1976, Moscow) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. In 1914-1917 he studied at the St. Petersburg Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute, between 1917 and 1922 at the medical faculty of Saratov State University. From 1917 he worked…

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A Severe Young Man

A Severe Young Man · 1935

A Severe Young Man

A young sportsman Grisha Fokin falls in love with Masha, the wife of an outstanding scientist - Yuliyan Nikolayevich Stepanov.

A Man Before His Time

A Man Before His Time · 1973

A Man Before His Time

Engineer Yakov Bogomolov is a workaholic who is carried away by his work it so much that he does not notice what is happening around him. Young wife Olga is cheating on him, friends betray, companions do not understand and deceive...

The School of Scandal

The School of Scandal · 1952

The School of Scandal

Nowhere have they so deftly slandered and arranged intrigues, as in the salon of Lady Sniruel. Young lady Tizl quickly enters the taste of high life, taking the gentleman's wooing. She does not suspect that a serious test awaits her.

The Garnet Bracelet

The Garnet Bracelet · 1965

The Garnet Bracelet

MovieDramaRomance

The story of a sublime unrequited love of a petty official for a young socialite.

Bed and Sofa

Bed and Sofa · 1927

MovieComedyDrama

Life changes for a Moscow couple after they allow an old friend of the husband’s to move in.

The Traitor

The Traitor · 1926

An agent working for the Tsar fools a group of Bolshevik sailors but is captured and punished after the revolution.

The Ghost That Never Returns

The Ghost That Never Returns · 1930

The Ghost That Never Returns

The rebel leader Jose Real is allowed to leave prison for one day to visit his family. But it is a ruse to make him reveal the whereabouts of his rebel gang. This existential drama disguised as a saga about the proletarian struggle presents a lonely and insecure individual who is challenged to act more heroically than he is prepared to, but who constantly questions his confidence and loyalties.

Belated Flowers

Belated Flowers · 1970

Belated Flowers

MovieDramaRomance

Princess Mariya fell in love with doctor Toporkov, who was treating her, in the recent past the serf of her family. Now he has become a celebrity and is only concerned about buying a new home profitably. He does not notice her love and marries a rich merchant. The princess in love comes to see Toporkov and opens to him. Her strong feeling touches Toporkov’s hardened heart, he leaves his wife and leaves the princess abroad.

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A Severe Young Man

A Severe Young Man · 1935

A Severe Young Man

A young sportsman Grisha Fokin falls in love with Masha, the wife of an outstanding scientist - Yuliyan Nikolayevich Stepanov.

Director

A Man Before His Time

A Man Before His Time · 1973

A Man Before His Time

Engineer Yakov Bogomolov is a workaholic who is carried away by his work it so much that he does not notice what is happening around him. Young wife Olga is cheating on him, friends betray, companions do not understand and deceive...

Director

The School of Scandal

The School of Scandal · 1952

The School of Scandal

Nowhere have they so deftly slandered and arranged intrigues, as in the salon of Lady Sniruel. Young lady Tizl quickly enters the taste of high life, taking the gentleman's wooing. She does not suspect that a serious test awaits her.

Director

The Garnet Bracelet

The Garnet Bracelet · 1965

The Garnet Bracelet

MovieDramaRomance

The story of a sublime unrequited love of a petty official for a young socialite.

Director

Bed and Sofa

Bed and Sofa · 1927

MovieComedyDrama

Life changes for a Moscow couple after they allow an old friend of the husband’s to move in.

Director

The Traitor

The Traitor · 1926

An agent working for the Tsar fools a group of Bolshevik sailors but is captured and punished after the revolution.

Director

The Ghost That Never Returns

The Ghost That Never Returns · 1930

The Ghost That Never Returns

The rebel leader Jose Real is allowed to leave prison for one day to visit his family. But it is a ruse to make him reveal the whereabouts of his rebel gang. This existential drama disguised as a saga about the proletarian struggle presents a lonely and insecure individual who is challenged to act more heroically than he is prepared to, but who constantly questions his confidence and loyalties.

Director

Belated Flowers

Belated Flowers · 1970

Belated Flowers

MovieDramaRomance

Princess Mariya fell in love with doctor Toporkov, who was treating her, in the recent past the serf of her family. Now he has become a celebrity and is only concerned about buying a new home profitably. He does not notice her love and marries a rich merchant. The princess in love comes to see Toporkov and opens to him. Her strong feeling touches Toporkov’s hardened heart, he leaves his wife and leaves the princess abroad.

Director

A Kiss from Mary Pickford

A Kiss from Mary Pickford · 1927

A Kiss from Mary Pickford

Goga is a Russian man who has no luck with women. He has a chance meeting with Mary Pickford, and after she kisses him on the cheek, he becomes as irresistible as her.

Potholes

Potholes · 1928

MovieRomanceDrama

Director

Silvery Dust

Silvery Dust · 1953

MovieScience FictionDrama

An American scientist invents a new weapon of mass destruction - silver dust. Corporate war breaks out between two military industry giants to own the weapon. The scientist dies and his son makes the discovery public with more consequences.

Director

On the Count's Ruins

On the Count's Ruins · 1958

On the Count's Ruins

MovieAdventureFamily

The film takes place during the civil war. Tolya Dergach, having lost his parents, falls under the influence of bandits looking for hidden treasure in the ruins of the estate. The boy, of course, will understand his new friends — and together with old friends will help the security officers to neutralize criminals.

Producer

Enemies

Enemies · 1978

Drama based on the play of the same name by Maxim Gorky.

Writer

The Invasion

The Invasion · 1945

A Russian village struggles through the German occupation during World War II in this tense drama from the Soviet Union. As the town doctor finds his home has been taken by German troops, his daughter becomes involved in the anti-Axis resistance, and his son -- confined to a mental hospital -- escapes to fight the invading armies.

Director

In the Mountains of Yugoslavia

In the Mountains of Yugoslavia · 1946

In the Mountains of Yugoslavia

Yugoslav farmer-turned-partisan Slavko Babić starts an uprising against the fascist Germans and their allies.

Director

The Mystery of the Eternal Night

The Mystery of the Eternal Night · 1956

The Mystery of the Eternal Night

MovieScience FictionAdventure

At the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, an explosion occurred, as a result the underwater vegetation started to grow rapidly in size and a part of the coast was flooded by a tsunami.

Producer

Wind from East

Wind from East · 1940

MovieHistoryDrama

A story about a life of a small village in Western Ukraine during 30-ies.

Director

Court of Honor

Court of Honor · 1949

MovieDramaHistory

The movie tells about the life of Soviet scientists. Professor Dobrotvorsky, together with his colleague Losev, is on his way to completing a scientific work of great importance in medicine. Professor Dobrotvorsky's friend Academician Vereisky learns from a foreign journal that important data about this work has fallen into the hands of American businessmen.

Director

Jews on the Land

Jews on the Land · 1927

Jews on the Land

MovieDocumentary

This documentary depicts the creation of collective farms for Jews in Crimea. It shows them building their houses, digging a well, and farming the land.

Director

Our Girls

Our Girls · 1942

One of the anthology films about Soviet citizens resisting the Nazi invaders during World War II, the feature consists of two stories, one about a teenage woman telephone operator who sacrifices herself, the other about a farm girl tending a sick pig who deals with two paratroopers seeking shelter.

Director

Plan for Great Works

Plan for Great Works · 1930

Plan for Great Works

MovieDocumentary

Soviet documentary film, widely regarded as the first Soviet sound film. The film's soundtrack was composed by Arseny Avraamov, who also acted as sound designer and sound editor.

Writer

The Bay of Death

The Bay of Death · 1926

The Bay of Death

A machinist on a Navy ship has two sons, both bolcheviks. When the revolution comes the Tsarist police captures the machinist to put pressure on his sons.

Director

Squadron No. 5

Squadron No. 5 · 1939

The action takes place against the backdrop of a looming war. Soviet intelligence intercepts an order from the high command of Nazi Germany to cross the Soviet border.

Director

The Wind

The Wind · 1926

MovieDramaRomance

During the Civil War following the Bolshevik Revolution, a Red cavalry officer is warned by a staffer from headquarters about his dangerous attraction to the female leader of a band of Cossacks, a violent woman who is aroused by killing.

Screenplay