Vladimir Barsky | |
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| Born | Vladimir Gregoryevich Barsky (1866-03-15)15 March 1866 |
| Died | 24 January 1936(1936-01-24) (aged 69) Moscow,USSR |
| Resting place | Donskoy Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, actor |
| Years active | 1892–1935 |
Vladimir Gregoryevich "Goskino" Barsky (Russian:Владимир Григорьевич Барский; 15 March 1866 – 24 January 1936) was a Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter, actor and author of articles about theatre.[1]
Barsky also took part in the formation of the Turkmen and Uzbek cinematography.
Barsky was born in 1866 in Moscow to aRussian family. He graduated from the Moscow real school (1885)[2] andImperial Moscow Technical School.
He started directing and acting in 1892 in a number of theaters. In 1899–1917, he worked as a director and actor of a drama theater inIvanovo. In 1917–1921, he worked in the People's House inTbilisi.
From 1921 to 1928 he was a director of the State Committee for Industry of Georgia, After 1928, he worked at film studios Sovkino,Mezhrabpomfilm, Uzbekkino, andTurkmenfilm.
Barsky died in Moscow on 24 January 1936, at the age of 69. He was buried atDonskoy Cemetery in the city.[3]
Together with the scriptwriter G. Arustanov he worked on a series of films under the general title "Iron penal servitude", which were supposed to show the revolutionary past of Georgia. Two films were made:Nightmares of the Past (1925), which tells about the events of 1905 in Georgia, andAt the Cost of Thousands (1925), which is about the events of 1916–1917 in Georgia.
