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Yakov Protazanov

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Birth Date 4 Feb 1881

Place of Birth Moscow, Russian Empire

Personal Name Yakov Protazanov

Also known as

  • Яков Протазанов
  • I. A. Protozanoff

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).