Oleksandr Dovzhenko

Oleksandr Dovzhenko

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

Alexander or Aleksandr Petrovich Dovzhenko, also known as Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko, 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.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 4 films (1927–1939) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1927 The End Of St Petersburg Sovkino 89 min 16mm B&W sound
1927 The End Of St. Petersburg Vsevolod Pudovkin, Mikhail Doller 85 B&W
1927 Zvenigora VUFKU 1:24:00 16mm B&W silent
1939 Shchors Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Yuliya Solntseva 142 min B&W