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Oleksandr Dovzhenko

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Oleksandr Dovzhenko

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Also known as Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko, Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko

Soviet Ukrainian screenwriter, film producer and director (1894–1956)

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Oleksandr Dovzhenko (1894–1956) was a Ukrainian writer and filmmaker whose professional career spanned from 1914 to 1956. He is the author of twenty-eight works, including *Arsenal* and *Zacharovannaia desna* (also listed as *Zacharovana Desna* and *Зачарована Десна*). His literary output has been documented in various sources, with five works specifically indexed by Crossref.

Dovzhenko’s name appears in Cyrillic as Олександр Довженко. His body of work has been referenced by 457 other encyclopedia articles. On the music platform Last.fm, his name is associated with two listeners and a total playcount of ten.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1894
Died
1956
Works
28

Top works

  • Arsenal ; Schcors
  • Tvorchistʹ Oleksandra Dovz͡henka
  • Zacharovannaia desna
  • Zacharovana Desna
  • Зачарована Десна

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2
Total plays
10

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Encyclopedic overview

Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko, also Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko (Russian: Александр Петрович Довженко, Ukrainian: Олександр Петрович Довженко; September 10 [O.S. August 29] 1894 – November 25, 1956), was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Ukrainian origin. He is often cited as one of the most important early Soviet filmmakers, alongside Sergei Eisenstein, Dziga Vertov, and Vsevolod Pudovkin, as well as being a pioneer of Soviet montage theory.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oleksandr Dovzhenko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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