About
Sergei Appolinarievich Gerasimov (21 May 1906 – 26 November 1985) was one of the most reputable Soviet film directors and screenwriters. The oldest film school in the world, the VGIK, bears his name. Gerasimov started his film industry career as an actor in 1924. At first he appeared in Kozintsev and Trauberg films, such as The Overcoat and The New Babylon. Later, he was commissioned to produce screen versions of the literary classics of Socialist realism. His epic screenings of Alexander Fadeyev's The Young Guard (1948) and Mikhail Sholokhov's And Quiet Flows the Don (1957–58) were extolled by the authorities as exemplary.
Filmography
Tomorrow Was the War1987 · In Memory Of
Lev Tolstoy1984 · Director, Story, Screenplay
At the Beginning of Glorious Days1981 · Director, Writer
The Youth of Peter1981 · Director, Writer
The Red and the Black1976 · Director, Writer
Daughters-Mothers1975 · Director
The Love of Mankind1973 · Director, Screenplay
By the Lake1970 · Director, Writer
The Journalist1967 · Director, Writer
White Mountains1964 · Producer
Men and Beasts1962 · Director, Writer
Dima Gorin's Career1961 · Consulting Producer
The Maiden's Spring1960 · Consulting Producer
The Memory of the Heart1958 · Screenplay
Quiet Flows the Don1957 · Director, Writer
Road of Truth1957 · Writer
The Wind Rose1957 · Director
Land and People1956 · Consulting Producer
Nadezhda1955 · Director, Writer
Mysterious Find1953 · Consulting Producer