Nikolai Ekk(1902-1976)

Director
Writer
Actor

Nikolai Ekk was born on 14 June 1902 in Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was a director and writer, known for Road to Life (1931), Sorochynskyi yarmarok (1939) and Odni znakomye (1934). He died on 13 July 1976 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].

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Road to Life

6.8

Director

1931

Sorochynskyi yarmarok

6.3

Director

1939

Odni znakomye

Director

1934

Karnaval cvetov

5.3

Director

1935

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Chelovek v zelyonoy perchatke
- Director
- 1968
Mamochka i dva trutnya
6.1
Short
- Director
- 1964
Sorochynskyi yarmarok
6.3
- Director
- 1939
The Nightingale
6.7
- Director
- 1936
Karnaval cvetov
5.3
- Director
- 1935
Odni znakomye
- Director
- 1934
Road to Life
6.8
- Director
- 1931
Zvukovaya sbornaya programma No 2
- Director (as Nikolay Ekk, directed by)
- 1930
Zvukovaya sbornaya programma No 1
- Director (as Nikolay Ekk, directed by)
- 1930
Kak nado i ne nado
Short
- Director
- 1929

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Alternative name
- Nikolay Ekk
Born
- June 14, 1902
- Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire [now Latvia]
Died
- July 13, 1976
- Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]

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Soviet director, who learned his craft under Eisenstein and Pudovkin. Never prolific, he is nonetheless remembered for directing the first Russian sound film (The Road to Life) and the first colour film (Nightingale).