Mikhail Romm Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Mikhail Romm

Mikhail Romm

Directing

Biography

Mikhail Ilych Romm (Russian: Михаил Ильич Ромм; 24 January [O.S. 11 January] 1901 – 1 November 1971) was a Soviet film director. He was born in Irkutsk. His father was a social democrat of Jewish descent who had been exiled there. He graduated from gymnasium in 1917 and entered the Moscow College for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. From 1918 - 1921, he served in the Red Army during the Russian civil war, first as a signalman and later rising to the rank of inspector of a Special Commission concerning the numbers of the Red Army and Fleet of the Field Staff of the Supreme Military Soviet of the Republic. As such he travelled a lot and had the opportunity to see much of the life in different parts of the country, something that he later said he "recalled with gratitude". In 1925 he graduated as a sculptor from the class of Anna Golubkina of the Highest Artistic-Technical Institute and worked as a sculptor and translator. In 1928-1930 he conducted research on the theory of cinema in the Institute for the methods of extra-scholastic work. Since 1931 he worked at the Mosfilm studio. In 1940-1943 he was an artistic leader for the Mosfilm films production. In 1942-1947 he was the director of a theater studio for movie actors. From 1938 he was a lecturer, from 1948 he was the leader of the actor's-producer department of the VGIK, professor (from 1962). He influenced many prominent film-directors, including Andrei Tarkovsky, Grigori Chukhrai, Vasily Shukshin, Nikita Mikhalkov, Georgi Daneliya, Aleksander Mitta, Igor Talankin, Rezo Chkheidze, Gleb Panfilov, Vladimir Basov, Tengiz Abuladze, Elem Klimov and many others. He wrote many books and articles on the theory of cinematographic art, and also memoirs. He was awarded the Stalin Prize 5 times (1941, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951). Romm was an honorary corresponding member of the Academy of the skills of DDR (1967).

Filmography Movies

Acting

And Still I Believe movie poster
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And Still I Believe

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And Still I Believe
himself
Triumph Over Violence movie poster
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Triumph Over Violence

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Triumph Over Violence
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World Without a Game movie poster
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World Without a Game

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World Without a Game
Self (archive footage)
Sergei Eisenstein movie poster
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Sergei Eisenstein

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Sergei Eisenstein
Self (archive footage)
ВГИК100. Признание в любви movie poster
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ВГИК100. Признание в любви

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ВГИК100. Признание в любви
self (archive footage)
Mikhail Romm. Confessions Of A Film Director movie poster
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Mikhail Romm. Confessions Of A Film Director

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Mikhail Romm. Confessions Of A Film Director
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Production

Dream movie poster
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Dream

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Dream
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Triumph Over Violence movie poster
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Triumph Over Violence

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Triumph Over Violence
Director
Triumph Over Violence movie poster
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Triumph Over Violence

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Triumph Over Violence
Editor
Triumph Over Violence movie poster
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Triumph Over Violence

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Triumph Over Violence
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Nine Days of One Year movie poster
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Nine Days of One Year

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Nine Days of One Year
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Nine Days of One Year movie poster
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Nine Days of One Year

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Nine Days of One Year
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Boule de Suif movie poster
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Boule de Suif

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Boule de Suif
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Lenin in October movie poster
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Lenin in October

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Lenin in October
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Admiral Ushakov movie poster
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Admiral Ushakov

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Admiral Ushakov
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Attack from the Sea movie poster
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Attack from the Sea

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Attack from the Sea
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Gallery

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