Russia

Yakov Protazanov

3 films · 1917 to 1924
Born 4 February 1881, Moscow · Died 8 August 1945

Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov was a Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema of Russia. He was an Honored Artist of the Russian SFSR (1935) and Uzbek SSR (1944).

Biography adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Yakov Protazanov

Photo: Семён Зельманович Зальцер (1898—1941), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Films

Aelita: Queen of Mars
Aelita: Queen of Mars
1924
Father Sergius
Father Sergius
1918
Satan Triumphant
Satan Triumphant
1917

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