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Ivan Pyryev

Died in 1968

Ivan Pyryev (1901-1968), born on 17 November 1901 in Kamen, in Siberia, was an actor, notably with Meyerhold and Eisenstein, then an assistant and screenwriter, before directing his first film in 1929. He went on to make musical comedies, often with his wife, the actress Marina Ladynina, and ran the Mosfilm studios from 1954 to 1957. He finally adapted Dostoevsky and died in Moscow on 7 February 1968, before completing his last film.

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