Vera Stroyeva

Vera Stroyeva (21 September 1903 26 August 1991) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter.[1] She wrote five screenplays between 1927 and 1930, and directed fifteen films between 1931 and 1983. Her film adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov was nominated for a Golden Lion at the 16th Venice International Film Festival and screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[2][3] Many of her films are musicals or adaptations of operas and feature heavy influence from socialist realism.[3]

Vera Stroyeva
Born(1903-09-21)21 September 1903
Died26 August 1991(1991-08-26) (aged 87)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1927-1983

Filmography

FilmYearDirectorWriter
Buket fialok1983YesNo
Serdtse Rossii1971YesYes
My, russkiy narod1966YesYes
Khovanshchina1959YesYes
Polyushko, pole1957YesNo
Variety Stars1954YesNo
Boris Godunov1954YesYes
The Grand Concert1951YesNo
Maryte1947YesNo
Boyevoy kinosbornik 12 (segment "Syn boytsa/Son of a Fighter")1942YesNo
V poiskakh radosti1940YesNo
Generation of Victors1936YesYes
Petersburg Nights1934YesYes
Chelovek bez futlyara1932YesYes
Pravo ottsov1931YesYes
A Jew at War1930NoYes
Dve zhenshchiny1929NoYes
His Excellency1928NoYes
Seeds of Freedom1928NoYes
Gospoda Skotininy (scenario)1927NoYes

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Awards

AwardYearWon
People's Artist of the RSFR1973Won
Golden Lion1955Nominated
Mussolini Cup1935Nominated

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References

  1. Peter Rollberg (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 712–713. ISBN 1442268425.
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Boris Godunov". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  3. Rollberg, Peter. Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008. ISBN 0810862689.
  4. "Vera Stroyeva". IMDb. Retrieved 10 May 2023.


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