Yakov Protazanov

Directing

Yakov Protazanov

Born 1881-02-04 Moscow, Russian Empire 5 films

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).

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Filmography

5 films
Chess Fever poster

With an international chess tournament in progress, a young man becomes completely obsessed with th…

Chess Fever

★ 6.4 1925