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Yakov Protazanov

Also Known As: I. A. Protozanoff, Я. Протазанов, Яков Александрович Протазанов

Birth Date

February 4, 1881

Death Date

August 9, 1945

(passed away at 64)

Place of Birth

Moscow, Russian Empire

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Biography

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).