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Leonid Trauberg

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Birth Date: 4 Jan 1902

Place of Birth: Odessa, Russian Empire (Ukraine)

Personal Name: Leonid Trauberg

Leonid Zakharovich Trauberg was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1924 and 1961 and was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941. Trauberg was Jewish, and was fiercely attacked by Soviet authorities during the so-called "anti-cosmopolitan" period following World War II.