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Filmmaker · Belarus

Vladimir Gardin

Died in 1965

Vladimir Gardin, born Blagonravov, was born in Tver on 18 January 1877. A stage actor from 1898, he played notably with Vera Komissarzhevskaya and in 1907 founded in Terijoki a free theatre that staged plays banned by the censors. Having moved into cinema in 1913, he brought great Russian novels to the screen, then in 1919 founded in Moscow the first state film school. Returning to acting in the era of sound film, he was named People's Artist of the Soviet Union in 1947, and died on 28 May 1965.

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