Leonid Zorin
Soviet and Russian screenwriter, playwright, writer
About Leonid Zorin
Lived 1924 – 2020 (aged 95). Leonid Zorin was a Russian writer, playwright, screenwriter, translator, poet and dramaturge.
Leonid Genrikhovich Zorin (; 3 November 1924 – 31 March 2020) was a Russian playwright. He was born in Baku, Soviet Union, and studied at Azerbaijan University and at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow. He is the author of plays and screenplays. His most performed work is A Warsaw Melody.
Selected filmography 20,000 Leagues Across the Land (1960) Peace to Him Who Enters (1961) The Man from Nowhere (1961) Friends and Years (1965) The Ugly Story (1966) Stopwatch (1970) Grandmaster (1972) Kind Men (1979) The Transit (1982) The Pokrovsky Gate (1982) Royal Hunt (1990)
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Who was Leonid Zorin?
Soviet and Russian screenwriter, playwright, writer (1924-2020)
When was Leonid Zorin born?
Leonid Zorin was born on 3 November 1924 in Baku.
When did Leonid Zorin die?
Leonid Zorin died on 31 March 2020 in Moscow.
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Leonid Zorin was a writer, playwright, screenwriter, translator, poet and dramaturge.
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Leonid Zorin was Russian.
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