Nikolai Ekk
Soviet theatre and film director, screenwriter
About Nikolai Ekk
Lived 1902 – 1976 (aged 74). Nikolai Ekk was a Russian theatre director, film director, screenwriter and actor.
Nikolai Vladimirovich Ekk (; 14 June 1902 – 14 July 1976) was a Russian film director and screenwriter in the Soviet Union. His surname was Ivakin and "Ekk" was a pseudonym.
Born in Riga, he studied acting and directing in the theater of Vsevolod Meyerhold. He directed six feature films between 1929 and 1967. Among them was the first Soviet sound film Road to Life and the first Soviet color motion picture film The Nightingale.
Filmography How Should and How Shouldn't (Как надо и как не надо) (1929) Road to Life (Путёвка в жизнь) (1931) Carnival of Colors (1935)
The Nightingale (Груня Корнакова) (1936) The Fair of Sorochyntsi (Сорочинская ярмарка) (1938) When the Snow Is Falling... (Когда падает снег...) (1962) A Man in a Green Glove (1967) The Nile and The Life (1968) Those People of the Nile (1972), writer
Family
Nikolai Ekk was married to Ukrainian film actress Valentina Ivashova.
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Soviet theatre and film director, screenwriter (1902–1976)
When was Nikolai Ekk born?
Nikolai Ekk was born on 1 June 1902 in Riga.
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Nikolai Ekk died on 14 July 1976 in Moscow.
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Nikolai Ekk was a theatre director, film director, screenwriter and actor.
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Nikolai Ekk was Russian.
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