Sergei Gerasimov

Personal Info

Birthday

May 21, 1906

Day of Death

1985-11-26

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Kundravy, Urals, Russian Empire

Also Known As

Sergey Gerasimov

Sergueï Guerassimov

Sergei Appolinarievich Gerasimov

Sergej Apollinarievič Gerasimov

Сергей Аполлинариевич Герасимов

С. Герасимов

Sergei Apollinarijewitsch Gerassimow

Sergei Gerasimov

Biography

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.

Known For

Men and Beasts

The Journalist

The New Babylon

Daughters-Mothers

Lev Tolstoy

Just Life...

The Overcoat

Alone

Filmography

1987
Just Life...
as (archive footage)
1984
Lev Tolstoy
as Lev Tolstoi
1976
Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
as Himself
1975
Daughters-Mothers
as Pyotr Nikanorovich Vorobyev
1973
Oh, Cinema, Cinema!
as Self
1970
One Hour With Kozintsev
as Himself
1967
The Journalist
as Alexei Kolesnikov
1962
Men and Beasts
as Lvov-Shcherbatsky
1931
Alone
as Chairman
1929
The New Babylon
as Lutro, the journalist
1927
The Club of the Big Deed
as Medoks, opportunist
1926
The Overcoat
as Ярыжка (шулер-шантажист)
The Devil's Wheel
as The Question Man