Director

Sergei Yutkevich

Directing

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Directed movies: 24Directed series: 0All crew credits: 43

TMDB ID: 24419

IMDb ID: nm0951170

Known for: Directing

Born: August 15, 1904

Died: April 24, 1985

Age: 80

Place of birth: St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1925 - 1981

Years active: 57

Average TMDB rating: 6.1

Wikidata: Q545844

Also known as

Sergei Yosifovich Yutkevich • S. Yutkevich • Сергей Иосифович Юткевич • С. Юткевич • Sergueï Youkevitch

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Director (24)Producer (14)Production Design (2)Archival Footage Coordinator (1)Art Direction (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. Sergei Yutkevich began work as a teen doing puppet shows. Between 1921 and 1923 he studied under Vsevolod Meyerhold. He later helped found the Factory of the Eccentric Actor (FEKS), which was primarily concerned with circus and music hall acts. He entered films in the 1920s and began directing in 1928. His films often were cheerier than most Russian films as he was influenced by American slapstick, among other things. However he also did serious historical films, docudramas, and biopics. He won Cannes's Best Director Award twice: for Othello in 1956 and for Lenin in Poland in 1966. Of his later films Lenin in Paris is among the best known.