Viktor Alexandrovitsh Turin

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Viktor Alexandrovitsh Turin
Born1895
Saint Petersburg
Died15 May 1945
Moscow
Occupation(s)film director, scenarist
Notable workTurksib

Viktor Alexandrovitsh Turin is a Soviet film director and scenarist. He was born in 1895 in Saint Petersburg and died on 15 May 1945 in Moscow. [1]

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Biography

Turin studied at the St. Petersburg Theatre School. In 1912 he went to the United States to study at the Boston Technical Institute. He then worked in Hollywood as an actor and librettist. In 1922 he returned to the Soviet Union and worked as a director. His first feature film, Borba gigantow (гигантов Борьба), from 1926, was about the class struggle in capitalist society.

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References

  1. Rollberg, Peter (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 706-707. ISBN   978-0-8108-6072-8.