
Directing
Yakov Protazanov
1881 · Moscow, Russian Empire
30 films
Bio
Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov (Russian: Яков Александрович Протазанов; February 4 (O.S. January 23), 1881 – August 8, 1945) was a Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema of Russia. He was an Honored Artist of the Russian SFSR (1935) and Uzbek SSR (1944).
Filmography

Ranks and People
Director

Aelita: Queen of Mars
Director
May Night, or the Drowned Maiden1910
May Night, or the Drowned Maiden
Writer

The Case of the Three Million
Director
The Fountain of Bakhchisaray1910
The Fountain of Bakhchisaray
Director

The Queen of Spades
Director

Diary of a Revolutionist
Writer

Without Dowry
Director

Woman's Calvary
Director

Nasreddin in Bukhara
Director

Chess Fever
Chemist

Father Sergius
Director