Vsevolod Pudovkin
Born	February 16, 1893 Russia
Died	June 20, 1953
Occupation	Film director

Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin (Russian: Всеволод Илларионович Пудовкин) (February 16, 1893–June 20, 1953) was a Russian film director who developed influential theories of montage. Pudovkin's masterpieces are often contrasted with those of his contemporary Sergei Eisenstein, but whereas Eisenstein utilized montage to glorify the power of the masses, Pudovkin preferred to concentrate on the courage and resilience of individuals. Vsevolod Pudovkin File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Soviet montage theory is an approach to understanding and creating cinema that relies heavily upon editing (montage is French for putting together). Although Soviet filmmakers in the 1920s disagreed about how exactly to view montage, Sergei Eisenstein marked a note of accord in A Dialectic Approach to Film Form when... Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, Latvian: Sergejs EizenÅ¡teins) (January 23, 1898 – February 11, 1948) was a revolutionary Soviet film director and film theorist noted in particular for his silent films Strike, Battleship Potemkin and Oktober. ...

A student of engineering at Moscow University, Pudovkin saw active duty during World War I, being captured by the Germans. After the war, he abandoned his professional activity and joined the world of cinema, first as a screenwriter, actor and art director, and then as an assistant director to Kulechov. Moscow State University campus M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Московский Государственный Университет име&#1085... “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

After a few tries with advertising cinema, he directed in 1926 that which will be considered one of the masterpieces of silent movies: Mother, where he developed several montage theories that will make him famous. 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... Mother is the title of Vsevolod Pudovkins 1926 masterpiece depicting one womans struggle against the Tsar in the Russian Revolution of 1905. ...

His first feature was followed by The End of St. Petersburg (1927), and Storm Over Asia (also known as The Heir of Genghis Khan), titles which compose a trilogy at the sevice of the bolshevik revolutionary policy. The End of St Petersburg (Russian: Конец Санкт-Петербурга, Konets Sankt-Peterburga) is a 1927 silent film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and produced by Mezhrabpom. ...

In 1928, with the advent of talkies, Pudovkin, Eisenstein and Alejandrov signed the Manifest of Sound, in which the possibilities of sound are debated, and always understood as a complement to image. This idea would be brought to bear in his next pictures: A Simple Case / Life is Beautiful (1932) and The Deserter (1933), works that do not match the quality of earlier work. Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ... Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, Latvian: Sergejs Eizenšteins) (January 23, 1898 – February 11, 1948) was a revolutionary Soviet film director and film theorist noted in particular for his silent films Strike, Battleship Potemkin and Oktober. ...

With an interruption due to health concerns, Pudovkin returned to the movies in 1938, with a cycle of historic pieces that are not as successful as earlier works: Victory (1938); Minin and Pozharsky (1939) and General Suvorov (1941). Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

With the end of World War II, under Party criticism, he returned to his earlier subjects. His last work was The Return of Vasili Bortnikov (1952). Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Filmography

• Hunger... Hunger... Hunger (1921)
• Chess Fever (1925)
• Mechanics of the Brain (1926)
• Mother (1926)
• The End of St. Petersburg (1927)
• Storm Over Asia (1928)
• A Simple Case (1932)
• The Deserter (1933)
• Mother and Sons (1938) - also known as Victory.
• Minin and Pozharsky (1938)
• Film in XX years (1940)
• Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #6 (1941)
• General Suvorov (1941)
• The Murderers are Coming (1942)
• In the Name of the Motherland (1943)
• Admiral Nakhimov (1946)
• Three Encounters (1948)
• Zhukovsky (1950)
• The Return of Vasili Bortnikov (1952)

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Published works

• Film Technique
• Film Acting

References

• Mother DVD extras, Las Orígenes del Cine, Suevia Films Spain.

External links

• Vsevolod Pudovkin at the Internet Movie Database
• The silent revolutionary: Jonathan Jones on the work of Vsevolod Pudovkin, at Guardian Unlimited