Yakov Bliokh
Directing
Biography
Yakov Bliokh was born in 1895 in Tambov, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Tambov Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and producer, known for Battleship Potemkin (1925), Shanhkayskiy dokument (1928) and Noch pered Rozhdestvom (1951). He died on July 5, 1957 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
Known For
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.
Battleship Potemkin
Based on the work of Nikolay Gogol. Handsome blacksmith Vakula who fell in love with village beauty, Oksana, is ready to do anything for her liking. Even to fly on the devil's back to Saint-Petersburg and ask the Empress for the slippers that he can present his sweetheart.
The Night Before Christmas
The film is about the life and work of Grigory Ordzhonikidze Konstantinoviche, an important personality in both the Communist Party and the Soviet state. The film includes speeches by his bereaved friends who attended his funeral. In 1937, after the unexpected death of Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Vertov received an urgent order from the government to produce a film about the life of Ordzhonikidze. He was ordered to work together with Yakov Bliohom and the director of the film "Battleship Potemkin" distributed by Goskino (Soviet State Committee for Cinematography).
In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze
The film portrays Shanghai, China in the early 1920s. It shows the contrasts between the world of Western expatriates (including Britons, Americans, New Zealanders, Australians, and Danes) who live in the luxurious Shanghai International Settlement, and that of the Shanghainese inhabitants, who spend their days laboring.