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).
Filmography
Aelita: Queen of Mars
Director
Father Sergius
Director
The Queen of Spades
Director
The Forty-First
Director
St. Jorgen's Day
Director
The Man from the Restaurant
Director
The White Eagle
Director
Satan Triumphant
Director
Nasreddin in Bukhara
Director
Without Dowry
Director
Ranks and People
Director
Marionettes
Director
Don Diego and Pelagia
Director
The Three Million Trial
Director
The Tailor from Torzhok
Director
The Departure of a Great Old Man
Director
Knight's Spirit
Director
A Narrow Escape
Director
On the Strangeness of Love
Director
Beggar Woman
Director