Vasily Goncharov

Vasily Mikhailovich Goncharov
(Василий Михайлович Гончаров)
Born1861
Voronezh, Russian Empire
Died23 August 1915 (aged 53-54)
Moscow, Russian Empire
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1908–1915

Vasily Mikhailovich Goncharov (Russian: Василий Михайлович Гончаров) (1861 – 23 August 1915) was a Russian film director and screenwriter, one of the pioneers of the film industry in the Russian Empire, who directed an early Russian feature film Defence of Sevastopol.[1]

Filmography

Russian Title Transliteration English Title Release Date Notes
1909
Песнь про купца Калашникова Pesn' pro kuptsa Kalashnikova Song About the Merchant Kalashnikov 2 March 1909 lost
Русская свадьба XVI столетия Russkaya svadba XVI stoletiya A 16th Century Russian Wedding 25 April 1909
Преступление и наказание Prestuplenie i nakazanie Crime and Punishment May 1909 lost
Вий Viy Viy (Vii) 27 Sept 1909 Based on a novella by Nikolai Gogol. Lost
Ухарь-купец Ukhar'-kupyets The Happy-go-Lucky Merchant 29 Sept 1909
Смерть Иоанна Грозного Smert Ioanna Groznovo The Death of Ivan the Terrible 6 October 1909
Мазепа Mazepa Mazeppa 27 October 1909
Чародейка Charodeyka The Enchantress [2] 28 October 1909 with
Pyotr Chardynin
Ванька-ключник Vanka-klyuchnik Vanka the Steward 1 November 1909
Драма в Москве Drama v Moskve Drama in Moscow Never released lost
1910
Пётр Великий Pyotr Velikiy Peter the Great 6 January 1910 with Kai Hansen
В полночь на кладбище V polnoch na kladbishe At Midnight in the Graveyard 30 Jan 1910 lost
Выбор царской невесты Vybor tsarskoj nevesty Choosing of the Tsar's Bride 9 March 1910 Filmed in 1908. Lost
Русалка Rusalka The Water Nymph 30 March 1910
Генерал Топтыгин General Toptygin General Bruin 15 May 1910
Коробейники Korobeiniki Korobeiniki [ru] 30 August 1910
Жизнь и смерть Пушкина Zhizn i smert Pushkina Life and Death of Pushkin 3 September 1910
Наполеон в России Napoleon v Rossiya Napoleon in Russia
1911
Евгений Онегин Evgeniy Onegin Eugene Onegin 1 March 1911
Оборона Севастополя Oborona Sevastopolya Defence of Sevastopol 9 September 1911
Жизнь за царя Zhizn za tsarya A Life for the Tsar
1912
1812 год 1812 god 1812 25 August 1912 with Kai Hansen and Aleksandr Uralsky
Крестьянская доля Krestyanskaya dolya The Peasants' Lot 13 November 1912
Братья-разбойники Bratya-razboyniki The Robber Brothers
1913
Воцарение дома Романовых Votsarenie doma Romanovyh Accession of the Romanov Dynasty 16 February 1913 with
Pyotr Chardynin
Хас Булат Khas Bulat Khas Bulat
Покорение Кавказа Pokorenie Kavkaza The Conquest of Caucasus lost
1914
Волга и Сибирь Volga i Sibir Volga and Siberia

References

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 259–261. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  2. ^ The Enchantress at IMDb