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Olexander Petrovych Dovzhenko was a Ukrainian Soviet screenwriter, film producer and director. He is often cited as one of the most important early Soviet filmmakers, alongside Sergei Eisenstein, Dziga Vertov, and Vsevolod Pudovkin, as well as being a pioneer of Soviet montage theory.
Although Olexander Dovzhenko’s parents were uneducated, his semi-literate grandfather encouraged him to study, leading him to become a teacher at the age of 19. Dovzhenko turned to film in 1926 when he landed in Odesa. His ambitious drive led to the production of his second-ever screenplay, Vasya the Reformer (which he also co-directed). He gained greater success with Zvenyhora in 1928 which established him as a major filmmaker of his era. His following “Ukraine Trilogy” (Zvenigora, Arsenal, and Earth), although underappreciated by some contemporary Soviet critics (who found some of its realism counter-revolutionary), is his most well-known work in the West. For his film Shchors, Dovzhenko was awarded the Stalin Prize (1941); eight years later, in 1949, he was awarded another Stalin Prize for his film Michurin.
After spending several years writing, co-writing and producing films at Mosfilm Studios in Moscow, he turned to writing novels. Over a 20-year career, Dovzhenko personally directed only 7 films.
He was a mentor to the young Ukrainian Soviet filmmakers Larysa Shepitko and Sergei Parajanov. Dovzhenko died of a heart attack on November 25, 1956 in his dacha in Peredelkino. His wife, Yulia Solntseva, continued his legacy by producing films of her own and completing projects Dovzhenko was not able to create.
The Dovzhenko Film Studios in Kyiv were named after him in his honour following his death.
Oleksandr Dovzhenko Biography / Wiki
| Name | Oleksandr Dovzhenko |
| Also Know | ÐлекÑандр Довженко, Довженко ОлекÑандр Петрович, ОлекÑандр Довженко, Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Aleksandr Dovzhenko, Oleksandr Dowschenko, Alexander Dovzhenko |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Directing |
| Place of Birth | Viunyshche, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire (now part of Sosnytsia town in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine) |
| Date of Birth | 1894-09-10 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 62 |
| Deathday | 1956-11-25 |
Oleksandr Dovzhenko Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Larisa | Himself (archive footage) | 1980-10-01 | Elem Klimov’s documentary ode to his wife, director Larisa Shepitko, who was killed in an auto wreck…. |
| The Diplomatic Pouch | Stoker | 1927-02-28 | The film’s plot is based on the real murder of the Soviet diplomatic courier Theodor Nette abroad. The pouch of the Soviet diplomat, which is stolen b… |
Oleksandr Dovzhenko Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Earth | Director | 1930-04-08 | In the peaceful countryside, Vassily opposes the rich kulaks over the coming of collective farming…. |
| Aerograd | Director | 1935-11-06 | Aerograd is a 1935 Soviet film by Ukrainian director Olexander Dovzhenko, Mosfilm-VUFKU coproduction. It is a futuristic adventure story set in the So… |
| Zvenygora | Director | 1928-04-13 | The momentous film stars Nikolai Nademsky as the grandfather of Timoshka (Semyon Svashenko), whom he alerts to secret treasure buried in the mountains… |
| Arsenal | Director | 1929-02-25 | A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists…. |
| Shors | Director | 1939-05-02 | The year is 1919. German troops retreat from Ukraine. The Directory, the Ukrainian national government lead by Symon Petliura, takes control of Kyiv. … |
| Ivan | Director | 1932-11-05 | After the critical lambasting of his masterpiece Earth, Dovzhenko returned with a more popular iteration of its main motifs. Much like Earth, Ivan con… |
| The Diplomatic Pouch | Director | 1927-02-28 | The film’s plot is based on the real murder of the Soviet diplomatic courier Theodor Nette abroad. The pouch of the Soviet diplomat, which is stolen b… |
| Love’s Berries | Director | 1926-04-28 | Dovzhenko’s debut film, it deals with a dandified barber’s attempts to get rid of his “love berry” – his illegitimate offspring. Although a farce, its… |
| Life in Bloom | Director | 1949-01-01 | About the life of the Russian biologist Ivan Michurin. 1912 year. Having rejected American offers to work abroad, Michurin continues his research in … |
| Farewell, America! | Director | 1951-01-01 | An unfinished film by Aleksandr Dovzhenko, the film is a political lampoon based on the book entitled The Truth about US Diplomats, written in 1949 by… |
| Liberation | Director | 1940-04-01 | Wartime documentary by Dovzhenko and Solntseva…. |
| Victory on the Right Bank Ukraine | Director | 1945-04-01 | Dovzhenko and Solntseva’s documentary about the end of the war…. |
| Ukraine in Flames | Director | 1943-04-01 | A 1943 Soviet documentary war film by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko and Yuliya Solntseva. It is Dovzhenko’s second World War II documentary, … |
| Bukovyna, Ukrainian Land | Director | 1939-04-01 | Dovzhenko and Solntseva’s documentary about the Bukovina region…. |
| Vasya, the Reformer | Director | 1926-01-02 | Lost film directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko and Faust Lopatinsky…. |
Oleksandr Dovzhenko Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Diplomatic Pouch | Producer | 1927-02-28 | The film’s plot is based on the real murder of the Soviet diplomatic courier Theodor Nette abroad. The pouch of the Soviet diplomat, which is stolen b… |
| Arsenal | Producer | 1929-02-25 | A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists…. |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Aerograd | Writer | 1935-11-06 | Aerograd is a 1935 Soviet film by Ukrainian director Olexander Dovzhenko, Mosfilm-VUFKU coproduction. It is a futuristic adventure story set in the So… |
| Arsenal | Writer | 1929-02-25 | A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists…. |
| Farewell, America! | Screenplay | 1951-01-01 | An unfinished film by Aleksandr Dovzhenko, the film is a political lampoon based on the book entitled The Truth about US Diplomats, written in 1949 by… |
| Earth | Writer | 1930-04-08 | In the peaceful countryside, Vassily opposes the rich kulaks over the coming of collective farming…. |
| The Golden Gates | Writer | 1971-03-01 | The film-remembrance of the creative fate of the Ukrainian Soviet film director Alexander Dovzhenko, shot on his diaries. It has his statements about… |
| Life in Bloom | Writer | 1949-01-01 | About the life of the Russian biologist Ivan Michurin. 1912 year. Having rejected American offers to work abroad, Michurin continues his research in … |
| Zvenygora | Writer | 1928-04-13 | The momentous film stars Nikolai Nademsky as the grandfather of Timoshka (Semyon Svashenko), whom he alerts to secret treasure buried in the mountains… |
| Poem of the Sea | Writer | 1958-11-04 | A Soviet dam project means that many old Ukrainian villages will end up under water. There are conflicts between the dam engineers and villagers who d… |
| The Unforgettable | Story | 1967-08-30 | About hardships of the first years of War, which fell to the lot of ordinary people in Ukraine, who got under the yoke of fascist occupation, and hero… |
| Love’s Berries | Writer | 1926-04-28 | Dovzhenko’s debut film, it deals with a dandified barber’s attempts to get rid of his “love berry” – his illegitimate offspring. Although a farce, its… |
| Downfall of Dieties | Story | 1988-03-01 | While watching Dovzhenko’s Earth a young man imagines himself a painter in a Ukrainian village in the 1930s. All is pastoral idyll until the authoriti… |
| Chronicle of Flaming Years | Writer | 1960-10-25 | Once again, director Yulia Solnsteva directs a movie that her late husband Alexandre Dovchenko scripted but did not live long enough to shoot. In this… |
| Shors | Screenplay | 1939-05-02 | The year is 1919. German troops retreat from Ukraine. The Directory, the Ukrainian national government lead by Symon Petliura, takes control of Kyiv. … |
| The Diplomatic Pouch | Writer | 1927-02-28 | The film’s plot is based on the real murder of the Soviet diplomatic courier Theodor Nette abroad. The pouch of the Soviet diplomat, which is stolen b… |
| The Enchanted Desna | Novel | 1964-12-07 | Based on the novel of the same name by Olexandr Dovzhenko. About the childhood of the famous Soviet film director Olexandr Dovzhenko, who was born on… |
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Earth | Editor | 1930-04-08 | In the peaceful countryside, Vassily opposes the rich kulaks over the coming of collective farming…. |
| Zvenygora | Editor | 1928-04-13 | The momentous film stars Nikolai Nademsky as the grandfather of Timoshka (Semyon Svashenko), whom he alerts to secret treasure buried in the mountains… |
| Love’s Berries | Editor | 1926-04-28 | Dovzhenko’s debut film, it deals with a dandified barber’s attempts to get rid of his “love berry” – his illegitimate offspring. Although a farce, its… |
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