Yakov Protazanov
1881 - 1945
Праздник святого Йоргена
Yakov Protazanov, Porfiri Podobed
Igor Ilyinsky, Anatoli Ktorov
The priests, stock market officials, and police conspire to squeeze income out of pilgrims come to see relics of a Christ like figure. A pair of con men try to pass of a resurrected saint.
St. Jorgen's Day
Nasreddin v Bukhare
Yakov Protazanov
Lev Sverdlin, Konstantin Mikhaylov
Smart Man Nassredin easily penetrates into Bukhara Emir inner circle posing as Wise Man from Damascus. He becomes Emir trusted advisor, and even convinces the tyrant to relax the rule and release a lot of political prisoners (because stars favor this arrangement).
Nasreddin in Bukhara
Чины и люди
Yakov Protazanov, Mikhail Doller
Mikhail Tarkhanov, Mariya Strelkova
From his early silent works, the great Russian film director, Herr Yakov Protazanov, made literary adaptations from equally great Russian writers, as is the case with "Chiny I Lyudi" ( Ranks And People ) (1929) in which three short stories by Chekhov, "Anna On The Neck", "Death Of A Petty Official" and "Chameleon" were assembled for the silent screen.
Ranks and People
Человек из ресторана
Yakov Protazanov
Michael Chekhov, Mikhail Klimov
During the good old days of the Russian aristocracy, that is to say, before the October Revolution, in the city of Moscow there was a fancy restaurant which catered to the appetites and egos of the rich. In one such establishment works a middle-aged waiter who is devoted to serving his bourgeoisie clients correctly. However, his life outside his job is very different: His son was killed during the Russian civil war and the waiter's wife died of grief as a result....
The Man from the Restaurant
Сорок первый
Yakov Protazanov
Ivan Koval-Samborsky, Ivan Shtraukh
A young woman sharpshooter fighting with the Reds in Turkestan misses her forty-first victim, a handsome White lieutenant, and ends up escorting him, by boat, into captivity across the Aral Sea. A storm strands the two on an island.
The Forty-First
Закройщик из Торжка
Yakov Protazanov
Igor Ilyinsky, Olga Zhiznyeva
A 1925 Soviet comedy sponsored by the Soviet Finance Ministry, with a plot promoting the new economy. A small-town tailor, Petya Petelkin (Ilyinsky), bought a lottery ticket and handed it to his landlord, widow Shirinkina (Deykun) who wants to marry him. Petya is a hard-working tailor trying to start his own business. He is also in love with Katya (Maretskaya), whom he wants to marry. He has to survive a cascade of funny situations in the unstable Soviet reality, before his romance with Katya comes to a happy ending.
The Tailor from Torzhok
Дон Диего и Пелагея
Yakov Protazanov
Mariya Blyumental-Tamarina, Anatoliy Bykov
The vain station master of a Russian train station out in the sticks has a quarrel with an old peasant woman and has her thrown in jail. The local party youth organisation finally manage to get her released, after having to cut through lots of red tape.
Don Diego and Pelagia
Его призыв
Yakov Protazanov
Varvara Popova, Natasha Konyus
The main protagonists of the film are Katya (Varvara Popova), the daughter of a factory worker and Andrey (Ivan Koval-Samborsky), the son of the former owner of the factory who illegally returns to the USSR to find treasures hidden by his father. The film title refers to the Communist party's appeal, after Lenin's death, to enlarge its membership.
His Call
Ключи счастья
Yakov Protazanov, Vladimir Gardin
Vladimir Gardin, Vladimir Shaternikov
Directed by Vladimir Gardin and Yakov Protazanov, this two-part epic was the most expensive Russian film at the time and smashed box office records. It is now considered lost, with only a 4 minute clip surviving.
The Keys to Happiness
