Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin

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Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin (16 February 1893 – 20 June 1953) was

Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin (16 February 1893 – 20 June 1953) was

a Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor who developed influential theories of montage.
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Pudovkin's masterpieces are often contrasted with those of his contemporary Sergei

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.
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A student of engineering at Moscow University, Pudovkin saw active duty

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 Lev Kuleshov.
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After a few tries with advertising cinema, he directed in 1926

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 would make him famous.
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His first feature was followed by "The End of St. Petersburg"

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 service of the bolshevik revolutionary policy.
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In 1928, with the advent of sound film, Pudovkin, Sergei Eisenstein

In 1928, with the advent of sound film, Pudovkin, Sergei Eisenstein

and Grigori Aleksandrov 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" (1932) and "The Deserter" (1933), works that do not match the quality of earlier work.
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With an interruption due to health concerns, Pudovkin returned to the

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 "Suvorov" (1941).
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With the end of World War II, under Party criticism, he

With the end of World War II, under Party criticism, he

returned to his earlier subjects. In 1951, Pudovkin was awarded the Stalin Prize. His last work was "The Return of Vasili Bortnikov"(1953).
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