Vera Stroyeva
Soviet film director (1903–1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vera Pavlovna Stroyeva (Russian: Ве́ра Па́вловна Стро́ева, (née Richter);[1] 21 September 1903 – 26 August 1991) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter.[2] Between 1926 and 1983, she directed fifteen films and wrote ten screenplays.[1] Her film adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov was nominated for a Golden Lion at the 16th Venice International Film Festival and screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[3][4] Many of her films are musicals or adaptations of operas and feature heavy influence from socialist realism.[4]
Vera Stroyeva | |
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Born | Vera Pavlovna Richter (1903-09-21)21 September 1903 |
Died | 26 August 1991(1991-08-26) (aged 87) Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1927–1983 |
Stroyeva was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples, Order of the Badge of Honor, Honored Worker of the Arts of the Kazakh SSR [ru], and People's Artist of the RSFSR.[1]
She died in Moscow on 26 August 1991.[5]