Mark Donskoy
About
Biography
Filmography
Family & Companions
Notes
Some sources list 1901 as the year of his birth.
Biography
Major Soviet filmmaker who studied under Eisenstein and is best known for his "Gorky" trilogy ("The Childhood of Maxim Gorky" 1938, "My Apprenticeship/Out in the World/Among People" 1939, "My Universities/University of Life" 1940), based on the early life of his celebrated writer friend. After a brief period of government harassment Donskoy returned to filmmaking with a remake of Vsevolod Pudovkin's 1926 silent classic "Mother" (1956) which, like most of his films through the following decade, was somewhat lackluster. He returned to form with two films on Soviet leader V. I. Lenin, "Heart of a Mother" and "A Mother's Devotion" (both 1967), which were acclaimed for their brilliant evocation of pre-Soviet Russia.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Writer (Feature Film)
Life Events
1926
First film as assistant director
1928
Feature film directing debut
Companions
Bibliography
Notes
Some sources list 1901 as the year of his birth.