Vsevolod Meyerhold

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Vsevolod Emilevich Meyerhold, born Karl Kasimir Theodor Meierhold, was a Russian and Soviet theatre director, actor and theatrical producer. His provocative experiments dealing with physical being and symbolism in an unconventional theatre setting made him one of the seminal forces in modern international theatre. During the Great Purge, Meyerhold was arrested, tortured and executed in February 1940.

28-01-1874

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Aquarius

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Total Films

Всеволод Мейерхольд

Also known as (male)

Place of Birth

28-01-1874

Birthday

Aquarius

Zodiac Sign

Genres

Total Films

Also Known As (male)

Place of Birth

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Creative career

actor

4 Works

producer

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director

3 Works

writer

1 Works

other

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Meyerhold's theatre and biomechanics

Russian actor and pedagogue, Gennadi Bogdanov, presents the most important etudes and principles of Vsevolod Meyerhold's Biomechanics. Includes archival photographs and film of Meyerhold's original work and also recent scenic work from Europe and the U.S. developed on the principles of bio-mechanics.

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2003

The White Eagle

The film is based on The Governor, a play by Leonid Andreyev. V.I. Kachalov plays the governor of a small Russian province who tries to treat the people under his authority with kindness and equanimity. But when a local factory goes on strike, the governor buckles under to pressure from the Tzar and orders the wholesale slaughter of the strikers. He pays for this betrayal of his trust with his life -- at the hands of a courageous Bolshevik spy.

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Year:

1928

The Strong Man

An early film by Vsevolod Meyerhold.

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1917

The Picture of Dorian Grey

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

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1915