Valentin Turkin
Screenwriter, film critic, and film theorist
About Valentin Turkin
Lived 1887 – 1958 (aged 70). Valentin Turkin was a Russian screenwriter, film critic and writer.
Valentin Konstantinovich Turkin (; 6 February 1887 – 10 January 1958) was a screenwriter, film critic, and film theorist active in the Soviet Union.
Turkin was a founder of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.
Selected filmography The Tailor from Torzhok (1925) The Stationmaster (1925) The Girl with a Hatbox (1927) The Ghost That Never Returns (1930)
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Who was Valentin Turkin?
screenwriter, film critic, and film theorist
When was Valentin Turkin born?
Valentin Turkin was born on 6 February 1887 in Novocherkassk.
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Valentin Turkin died on 10 January 1958 in Moscow.
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Valentin Turkin was a screenwriter, film critic and writer.
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Valentin Turkin was Russian.
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