Directing

Vladimir Petrov

Born July 22, 1896 · St. Petersburg, Russian Empire

Died January 7, 1966 · aged 69

Vladimir Mikhailovich Petrov (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Петров, 22 July 1896 – 7 January 1966) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 24 films between 1928 and 1964. He was awarded Stalin Prize four times, and became a People's Artist of the USSR in 1950.

Known For

The Battle of StalingradThe Battle of Stalingrad · 1949
The Battle of Stalingrad
★ 4.01949
MovieActionDrama
A 1949 two-part Soviet epic war film about the Battle of Stalingrad.
Chapayev is with UsChapayev is with Us · 1941
Chapayev is with Us
★ 3.31941
MovieWar
Short propaganda film released to raise army morale during first months of war. Civil War hero and Red Army commander Vasily Chapayev (killed in 1919 by White Army officers then drowned in the Ural river) swims ashore but it's the summer of 1941. Chapayev asks who are Soviets fighting off this time, hears that it's Germans once again and then gives an inspiring speech. He is played by Boris Babochkin who famously portrayed Chapayev in 1934 biopic.
DuelDuel · 1957
Duel
★ 7.01957
MovieDramaRomance
1896. The regiment, stationed in a small town, is bored, drunk, languishing in soullessness. Lieutenant Romashov falls in love with the captain's wife Shurochka. Society is abuzz on the subject. A quarrel arises between the captain and the lieutenant.
18121812 · 1943
1812
★ 5.91943
MovieWarDrama
A biopic about Prince Kutuzov, the defeater of Napoleon Bonaparte.
The OvercoatThe Overcoat · 1926
The Overcoat
★ 5.11926
MovieDrama
Bashmachkin, a lowly, impoverished government clerk in St. Petersburg, endures workplace mockery and dedicates his meager savings to buying a new winter coat.
The Inspector GeneralThe Inspector General · 1952
The Inspector General
★ 6.01952
MovieComedy
Khlestakov is a young flamboyant crook, who is broke. He finds himself in a small Russian town, where local authorities are waiting for an undercover inspector from the capital St. Petersburg. Khlestakov is mistaken for an undercover inspector, and uses the situation for taking bribes from the local governor and flirting with both his wife and daughter. He abuses the corruption and hypocrisy of the local authorities until, at the end, the real inspector shows up.
How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan NikiforovichHow Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich · 1941
How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich
★ 6.21941
MovieComedy
Three Hundred Years Ago...Three Hundred Years Ago... · 1956
Three Hundred Years Ago...
★ 6.01956
MovieDramaHistory
In the middle of the 17th century, Ukrainian peasants and Cossacks rose up to fight against the Polish gentry rule. About the events of the National Liberation War in Ukraine under the leadership of Bohdan Khmelnitsky, who with a firm hand led the insurgent masses to an alliance with Russia.

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