Boris Barnet

Film & TV

Moscow, Russian Empire

Boris Vasilyevich Barnet was a Soviet film director, actor and screenwriter of British origin. He directed 27 films between 1927 and 1963. Boris Barnet was born in Moscow. His grandfather Thomas Barnet was a printer who moved to the Russian Empire from Great Britain back in the 19th century. A student of the Moscow Art School, he joined the Red Army at age 16 and was then professionally…

Known for

• The Cinema Language of an Era: Boris Barnet2024
• Secret Agent — Gen. von Kühn1947
• Sinegoriya — Arseniy Petrovich Gay1946
• Dark Is the Night1945
• A Night in September1939
• By the Bluest of Seas1936
• Outskirts1933
• The Backlog!1930
• The Living Corpse — Pickpocket1929
• Storm Over Asia — English soldier, pipe smoker1928

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Key facts

Born

Boris Vasilyevich Barnet , ( 1902-06-18 ) 18 June 1902, Moscow , Russia

Died

8 January 1965 (1965-01-08) (aged 62), Riga , Latvian SSR, Soviet Union

Occupations

Film director screenwriter

Years active

1927–1963

Spouses

Natalia Glan ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1926 ; died 1927 ) ​ Yelena Kuzmina ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1928 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1936 ) ​ Valentina Barnet ​ ( divorced ) ​ Alla Kazanskaya

Children

2, including Olga

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Boris

Gender

male

Citizenship

Soviet Union

Place of birth

Moscow

Place of death

Riga

Spouse

Alla Kazanskaya

Child

Olga Barnet

Occupation

director

Educated at

Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography

Employer

Mosfilm

Political party

Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Languages spoken

Russian

Genre

socialist realism

Image

Boris Barnet 1946.JPG

Work location

Soviet Union

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