Lev Kuleshov

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Lev Kuleshov

Born January 13, 1899 · Tambov, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Died March 29, 1970 · aged 71

Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov was a Russian and Soviet filmmaker and film theorist, one of the founders of the world's first film school, the Moscow Film School. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969). Lev Kuleshov was born in 1899 into an intellectual Russian family. At the time he was born, the family became financially broke, lost their estate and moved to Tambov, living a modest life. In 1911 his f…

Known For

We from the UralsWe from the Urals · 1943
We from the Urals
★ 6.51943
MovieDrama
A story about two teenagers and their life during WWII in Urals district of Russia.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the BolsheviksThe Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks · 1924
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
★ 6.01924
MovieComedy
An ignorant and prejudiced American’s visit of Soviet Russia goes off the rails after his luggage is stolen and he is separated from his bodyguard.
By the LawBy the Law · 1926
By the Law
★ 6.61926
MovieDrama
After a man kills two members of his Yukon gold prospecting team, the other two surviving members struggle to keep him subdued for the next several months until they can turn him over to the law.
The Death RayThe Death Ray · 1925
The Death Ray
★ 5.21925
MovieScience FictionDrama
In a Western capitalist country where a fascist government attempts to suppress a socialist uprising, revolutionary leader Thomas Lamm is imprisoned by the government but he escapes to the Soviet Union. There, he meets the engineer Podobed who invents the 'death ray' – a device which explodes gunpowder and fuel mixtures at a distance.
For HappinessFor Happiness · 1917
For Happiness
★ 6.21917
MovieDrama
Since Zoya Verenskaya's husband passed away ten years ago, she has been devoted to her daughter Lee. At present, Lee is in poor health, and she is in danger of losing her eyesight. Zoya's suitor Dmitry wants to get married, but Zoya is determined to wait until Lee is better. Then, on a vacation in the Crimea, they learn Lee's true feelings for Dmitry, and suddenly all of their lives are thrown into turmoil.
Your FriendYour Friend · 1927
Your Friend
★ 6.21927
MovieDramaRomance
Khokhlova, a young female Moscow reporter, falls in love with factory manager Petrovsky. To her he's the epitome of manliness–virile, decisive, strong-minded. Conversely, she rejects the sensitive, diffident editor Vasilchikov, who's in love with her, as unmanly. Her infatuation affects her work, and she is fired.
Young PartisansYoung Partisans · 1942
Young Partisans
1942
MovieWar
This is a two-in-one flashback film in which the flashback ends up teaching a group of kids a heroic lesson that they take to heart when war comes to their doorstep.
The King of ParisThe King of Paris · 1917
The King of Paris
★ 5.91917
MovieDrama
The lives of two young men-- A virtuous artist who's renounced a background of riches and a debonair swindler proclaimed by many the King of Paris-- intersect when the artist's mother becomes the target of the kingly charlatan.

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