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Vladimir Motyl

Film Director / Theatre Director / Screenwriter | * 06/26/1927 († 82, 02/21/2010) | Liepieĺ (Belarus)
Vladimir Yakovlevich Motyl (Russian: Влади́мир Я́ковлевич Моты́ль; 26 June 1927 – 21 February 2010) was a Soviet and Belarusian film director and screenwriter. Vladimir Motyl was born in Lepiel, Belarus. His father was a Polish émigré, who was arrested in 1930 and sent to Solovki and died there the following year. Many of his other relatives suffered similar treatment. Vladimir and his mother were exiled to the Northern Urals, where he became fascinated in theatre and cinema, and later graduated from the Sverdlovsk Theatrical Institute. For about 10 years he worked in various theatres in the Urals and Siberia and eventually became chief director of Sverdlovsk Young Spectator's Theatre. He decided to start afresh in cinema, despite having no technical qualifications. Eventually he directed his first film, Children of Pamirs (1963) (Detyi Pamira/Дети Памира) in Tajikistan. This work was met with public success, as well as earning him the State Prize of Tajik SSR (1964), and the title of honorary citizen of Dushanbe (1977). His next film Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha (1967) (Женя, Женечка и "Катюша"), a romantic comedy/drama set in 1944, was warmly accepted by the public as well, but earned the displeasure of the Soviet a... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Vladimir Motyl

Order of Honour (Russia) People's Artist of Russia Honored Art Worker of The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic State Prize of the Russian Federation
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Movies with Vladimir Motyl as Crew(17)

Directing/Director2009 Crimson Color of Snowfall
Writing/Writer2009 Crimson Color of Snowfall
Directing/Director1997 Gone with the Horses
Writing/Writer1997 Gone with the Horses
Directing/Director1991 Let's Part - While We're Good
Writing/Screenplay1991 Let's Part - While We're Good
Directing/Director1987 Long Live Shishlov
Writing/Screenplay1987 Long Live Shishlov
Directing/Director1980 Лес
Writing/Writer1980 Лес
Directing/Director1975 The Captivating Star of Happiness
Directing/Director1969 The White Sun of the Desert
Directing/Director1967 Eugene, Little Eugene and Katyusha
Directing/Director1963 The Children of Pamir

Citizenships: Soviet Union (former country), Russia
Born: Sunday, 06/26 1927 (June) in Liepieĺ (Belarus)
Died: Sunday, 02/21 2010 (February) in Moscow (aged: 82)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: Russian (RU)
Educated at: Yekaterinburg State Theatre Institute, Ural State University
Employer: Top Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors
Other names for Vladimir Motyl (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Владимир Мотыль"
Vladimir Motyl frequently works together with these people:
Mikhail Kokshenov (2x, Actor)
Mark Zakharov (2x, Crew)
Oleg Dal (2x, Actor)
Isaak Shvarts (2x, Crew)
Boris Plotnikov (2x, Actor)
Nikolai Godovikov (2x, Actor)
Kira Krejlis-Petrova (2x, Actress)
Musa Dudayev (2x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:34030, Added: 05/13/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024