Director
Sergei Gerasimov
May 21, 1906 · Kundravy, Urals, Russian Empire
Sergei Appolinarievich Gerasimov (21 May 1906 – 26 November 1985) was one of the most reputable Soviet film directors and screenwriters.
The oldest film school in the world, the VGIK, bears his name. Gerasimov started his film industry career as an actor in 1924. At first he appeared in Kozintsev and Trauberg films, such as The Overcoat and The New Babylon. Later, he was commissioned to produce screen versions of the literary classics of Socialist realism. His epic screenings of Alexander Fadeyev's The Young Guard (1948) and Mikhail Sholokhov's And Quiet Flows the Don (1957–58) were extolled by the authorities as exemplary.
Often works with
Tamara Makarova
12 titles together
The New Babylon, The Young Guard, The Youth of Peter
Nikolay Eryomenko
6 titles together
The Youth of Peter, Lev Tolstoy, The Red and the Black
Pyotr Sobolevsky
5 titles together
The New Babylon, The Overcoat, Alone
Yanina Zheymo
5 titles together
The New Babylon, The Overcoat, Alone
Emil Gal
5 titles together
The New Babylon, Fragment of an Empire, The Overcoat
Oleg Zhakov
5 titles together
The New Babylon, The Overcoat, The Brave Seven
Full filmography · 40
Just Life...
as (archive footage)
1987
Lev Tolstoy
as Lev Tolstoi and Director
1984
At the Beginning of Glorious Days
Director and Writer
1981
The Youth of Peter
Director and Writer
1981
VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession
cast
1979
The Red and the Black
Director and Writer
1976
Daughters-Mothers
as Pyotr Nikanorovich Vorobyev and Director
1975
The Love of Mankind
Director
1973
By the Lake
Director and Writer
1970
The Journalist
as Alexei Kolesnikov and Director and Writer
1967
Men and Beasts
as Lvov-Shcherbatsky and Director and Writer
1962
Quiet Flows the Don
Director and Writer
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