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Yuri Ozerov (director)

April 07, 2024

Yuri Ozerov (Russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич О́зеров; 26 January 1921 – 16 October 2001) was a Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter. He directed twenty films between 1950 and 1995. Ozerov's works won him many awards, among them the title People's Artist of the USSR which was conferred upon him in 1977.[1]

Yuri Ozerov
From left to right: Ozerov, Oleg Uryumtsev, Fedor Bondarchuk and Tigran Keosayan in 1987, during the filming of Stalingrad.
Born(1921-01-26)26 January 1921
Moscow, Russian SFSR
Died16 October 2001(2001-10-16) (aged 80)
Moscow, Russian Federation
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1950–1995
Notable workLiberation (1969–1971)
TitlePeople's Artist of the USSR (1977)

Biography edit

Early life edit

Ozerov was born to Nikolai Nikolayevich Ozerov and Nadezhda Ozerova. His mother, a student of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, had to leave her studies when she became pregnant.[2] Ozerov's father was an acclaimed opera singer who was awarded the title People's Artist of the Russian SFSR in 1937 and taught in the Moscow Conservatory.[3] His brother, also named Nikolai, was a tennis champion and sports commentator.

After graduating from high school, Ozerov enrolled for the Lunacharsky State Institute of Theatre Arts in September 1939. A month later, he was drafted into the Red Army, where he was trained as a signaler. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union, he held the rank of a Second Lieutenant. Ozerov participated in the Battle of Moscow and in the campaigns for Ukraine and Poland. In 1944, he underwent a staff officers' course in the Frunze Academy. While stationed in the 3rd Belorussian Front, he took part in the Battle of Königsberg as a forward observation officer.[4] In a 2001 interview, he told that the battle had a profound effect on him and he swore that if he will remain alive, he would "tell the story of the great army that fought in the war."[5] After the German surrender in May, Ozerov served in the occupied city until his discharge in October 1945, with the rank of a Major. During the war, Ozerov married a nurse, Raisa Sukhomlina, with whom he had a son, Vladimir. The two later divorced.[6]

Breakthrough edit

Soon after demobilization, Ozerov resumed his studies in the Lunacharsky Institute. In 1947, he entered the All-Union Cinematography Institute, where he studied together with Aleksandr Alov, Marlen Khutsiev, Sergei Parajanov and other future Soviet directors. During the same year, he joined the Communist Party. In 1949 he started working as an assistant-director in the Mosfilm studio. While still a student, he made his debut film, Alexander Pushkin, in 1950. He graduated a year later.[7]

In the beginning of his career, Ozerov directed several documentaries: in 1952, he made the film In the Nikitsky Botanical Garden about the eponymous garden. During 1953, together with Sergei Gurov, he co-directed Arena of the Bold, which presented a live performance by the Soviet Union's young circus artists and starred Oleg Popov, among others. In 1954, he made At the Gala Evening, showing a concert at the Bolshoi Theater.[8]

Ozerov's first major feature film was the 1955 Son, revolving around the life of a delinquent youth in Moscow. In 1957, he directed the adventure film Kochubey, about the last days of the Civil War Cossack hero, Ivan Kochubey. The film, Ozerov's only one to be produced by Lenfilm, received the Prize for Best Musical Score in the 1959 All-Union Film Festival. In the same year, Ozerov first participated in an international production: the Albanian-Soviet film Fortuna, which he co-directed with Kristaq Dhamo. Fortuna was also his first film about the Second World War, dealing with the Albanian partisans' struggle and starring Naim Frashëri. In 1962, he directed the Soviet-Czechoslovak co-production The High Road, a biographical film on Jaroslav Hašek with Josef Abrhám as the main protagonist.[8]

In addition to his cinematic work, Ozerov was also a Major in the KGB's Seventh Directorate, the department responsible for surveillance. He served as a technical officer. In early 1962, the KGB was monitoring Oleg Penkovsky. Miniature cameras were installed in flower pots on his apartment's window sills. The surveillance team suspected that Penkovsky discovered the cameras and was evading them. Ozerov had personally inspected the house and decided to place other equipment in the balcony above the apartment. Penkovsky was caught and executed during 1963.[9]

Summit edit

During the mid-1960s, Ozerov - who was awarded the title 'Honored Artist of the RSFSR' in 1965 - was dismayed by several World War II films made in the West, which he regarded as diminishing the role of the Red Army. At the same time, the Soviet authorities were planning a film in response to The Longest Day that would present the official Soviet narrative on the war.[10] Ozerov was selected to direct the new project, the five-part series Liberation, for which he co-wrote the script. The filming lasted more than four years, from 1967 to 1971. Ozerov had to cope both the tight political supervision of the Soviet establishment and with the technical difficulties of coordinating the battle scenes, that involved 150 tanks and thousands of soldiers. Ozerov's second wife, Dilara, was the films' costumes designer. For his work on Liberation, he received the Lenin Prize and the Tbilisi All-Union Film Festival Grand Prize at 1972.[4]

Ozerov directed the first part of the documentary Visions of Eight on the Munich Olympics, entitled The Beginning. Visions of Eight won the 1973 Golden Globe Award for the Best Documentary Film. In 1974, he was given the title of a People's Artist of the RSFSR.[7]

In 1977, Ozerov directed the ten-hour-long mini-series Soldiers of Freedom, theatrically released as two 220 minutes feature films, a co-production that involved most of the Eastern Bloc European countries and dealt with the exploits of their contemporary leaders, especially Leonid Brezhnev, during the Second World War. He was granted the title People's Artist of the USSR in the same year,[8] and was a member in the jury of the 30th Cannes Film Festival[11] and the 10th Moscow International Film Festival.[12]

In 1979, Ozerov was selected to be the chief of the Moscow 1980 Olympics Artistic Committee. He directed a series of documentary films dedicated to the games: Ballad of Sport, Farewell to the Olympics, The Olympic Holidays and O, Sport - You're the World. For this accomplishment, he was awarded the USSR State Prize in 1981.[7]

In 1985, Ozerov directed another large-scale World War II production, the Battle of Moscow, released for the 40th Anniversary of Victory Day. The film received the 1986 All-Union Film Festival Grand Prize.[8]

Later years edit

 
Nikolai and Yuri Ozerov's tombstone.

In 1989, Ozerov decided to direct one more World War II film, Stalingrad. Due to the economical situation in the Soviet Union, he had to approach the Warner Bros. for assistance with the budget. The company agreed, but only on condition that American actors would receive major roles. The reluctant Ozerov had to cast Powers Boothe as General Chuikov.[4]

In 1993, the director used footage from Stalingrad in the film Angels of Death, that presented a sniper duel taking place during the battle for the city. The new footage was filmed in Syria. Selected material from all of Ozerov's works on World War II was compiled to create the historical mini-series Tragedy of the Century. In 1995, Ozerov produced a mini-series, The Great Commander Georgy Zhukov, consisting of all the scenes in his films that included Zhukov - in all of which he was depicted by Mikhail Ulyanov. In 2001, he received the Russian President's award for contribution to national cinema, dying shortly after.[7] He is buried in the Vvedenskoye Cemetery, alongside his younger brother Nikolai.[13]

His widow founded the Yuri Ozerov War Films Festival in his memory.[14]

Decorations edit

Filmography edit

References edit

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 509–511. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  2. ^ Озеров Николай [Nikolai Ozerov(Junior)]. aib.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  3. ^ Озеров Николай Николаевич [Nikolai Ozerov]. biography.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  4. ^ a b c Bukin, Alexei (June 2005). КИНОЛЕТОПИСЬ ВЕЛИКОЙ ВОЙНЫ [Cinema Chronicler of the Great War] (in Russian). Petrovskyi Vedomosti. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  5. ^ Matizen, Victor (16 October 2001). Человек, который дважды брал Европу [The Man Who Took Europe Twice]. Film.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  6. ^ Sukhomlin, Vladimir (26 January 2001). СЕМЬЯ [Family]. sukhomlin.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  7. ^ a b c d Sukhomlin, Vladimir (26 January 2001). ЮРИЙ НИКОЛАЕВИЧ ОЗЕРОВ - ОТЕЦ [Father:Yuri Ozerov]. sukhomlin.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  8. ^ a b c d Озеров Юрий Николаевич [Yuri Ozerov]. cinema.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  9. ^ Alexei Filatov (29 November 2010). Пеньковский [Penkovsky]. echo.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  10. ^ "Liberation" (in Russian). 100 Great Homeland Films. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  11. ^ "Yuri Ozerov". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  12. ^ . MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  13. ^ могила братьев Озеров [The Ozerov Brothers' Grave]. Vvedenskoye.com (in Russian). Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  14. ^ Irena Pavlutkina (29 September 2010). Кино длиною в жизнь [A Lifelong of Films]. Krasnaya Zvezda (in Russian). Retrieved 19 January 2011.

External links edit

  • A biography of Ozerov.
  • Yuri Ozerov at IMDb

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Yuri Ozerov Russian Yu rij Nikola evich O zerov 26 January 1921 16 October 2001 was a Soviet Russian film director and screenwriter He directed twenty films between 1950 and 1995 Ozerov s works won him many awards among them the title People s Artist of the USSR which was conferred upon him in 1977 1 Yuri OzerovFrom left to right Ozerov Oleg Uryumtsev Fedor Bondarchuk and Tigran Keosayan in 1987 during the filming of Stalingrad Born 1921 01 26 26 January 1921Moscow Russian SFSRDied16 October 2001 2001 10 16 aged 80 Moscow Russian FederationOccupation s Film directorScreenwriterYears active1950 1995Notable workLiberation 1969 1971 TitlePeople s Artist of the USSR 1977 Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life 1 2 Breakthrough 1 3 Summit 1 4 Later years 2 Decorations 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External linksBiography editEarly life edit Ozerov was born to Nikolai Nikolayevich Ozerov and Nadezhda Ozerova His mother a student of the All Union State Institute of Cinematography had to leave her studies when she became pregnant 2 Ozerov s father was an acclaimed opera singer who was awarded the title People s Artist of the Russian SFSR in 1937 and taught in the Moscow Conservatory 3 His brother also named Nikolai was a tennis champion and sports commentator After graduating from high school Ozerov enrolled for the Lunacharsky State Institute of Theatre Arts in September 1939 A month later he was drafted into the Red Army where he was trained as a signaler When Germany invaded the Soviet Union he held the rank of a Second Lieutenant Ozerov participated in the Battle of Moscow and in the campaigns for Ukraine and Poland In 1944 he underwent a staff officers course in the Frunze Academy While stationed in the 3rd Belorussian Front he took part in the Battle of Konigsberg as a forward observation officer 4 In a 2001 interview he told that the battle had a profound effect on him and he swore that if he will remain alive he would tell the story of the great army that fought in the war 5 After the German surrender in May Ozerov served in the occupied city until his discharge in October 1945 with the rank of a Major During the war Ozerov married a nurse Raisa Sukhomlina with whom he had a son Vladimir The two later divorced 6 Breakthrough edit Soon after demobilization Ozerov resumed his studies in the Lunacharsky Institute In 1947 he entered the All Union Cinematography Institute where he studied together with Aleksandr Alov Marlen Khutsiev Sergei Parajanov and other future Soviet directors During the same year he joined the Communist Party In 1949 he started working as an assistant director in the Mosfilm studio While still a student he made his debut film Alexander Pushkin in 1950 He graduated a year later 7 In the beginning of his career Ozerov directed several documentaries in 1952 he made the film In the Nikitsky Botanical Garden about the eponymous garden During 1953 together with Sergei Gurov he co directed Arena of the Bold which presented a live performance by the Soviet Union s young circus artists and starred Oleg Popov among others In 1954 he made At the Gala Evening showing a concert at the Bolshoi Theater 8 Ozerov s first major feature film was the 1955 Son revolving around the life of a delinquent youth in Moscow In 1957 he directed the adventure film Kochubey about the last days of the Civil War Cossack hero Ivan Kochubey The film Ozerov s only one to be produced by Lenfilm received the Prize for Best Musical Score in the 1959 All Union Film Festival In the same year Ozerov first participated in an international production the Albanian Soviet film Fortuna which he co directed with Kristaq Dhamo Fortuna was also his first film about the Second World War dealing with the Albanian partisans struggle and starring Naim Frasheri In 1962 he directed the Soviet Czechoslovak co production The High Road a biographical film on Jaroslav Hasek with Josef Abrham as the main protagonist 8 In addition to his cinematic work Ozerov was also a Major in the KGB s Seventh Directorate the department responsible for surveillance He served as a technical officer In early 1962 the KGB was monitoring Oleg Penkovsky Miniature cameras were installed in flower pots on his apartment s window sills The surveillance team suspected that Penkovsky discovered the cameras and was evading them Ozerov had personally inspected the house and decided to place other equipment in the balcony above the apartment Penkovsky was caught and executed during 1963 9 Summit edit During the mid 1960s Ozerov who was awarded the title Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1965 was dismayed by several World War II films made in the West which he regarded as diminishing the role of the Red Army At the same time the Soviet authorities were planning a film in response to The Longest Day that would present the official Soviet narrative on the war 10 Ozerov was selected to direct the new project the five part series Liberation for which he co wrote the script The filming lasted more than four years from 1967 to 1971 Ozerov had to cope both the tight political supervision of the Soviet establishment and with the technical difficulties of coordinating the battle scenes that involved 150 tanks and thousands of soldiers Ozerov s second wife Dilara was the films costumes designer For his work on Liberation he received the Lenin Prize and the Tbilisi All Union Film Festival Grand Prize at 1972 4 Ozerov directed the first part of the documentary Visions of Eight on the Munich Olympics entitled The Beginning Visions of Eight won the 1973 Golden Globe Award for the Best Documentary Film In 1974 he was given the title of a People s Artist of the RSFSR 7 In 1977 Ozerov directed the ten hour long mini series Soldiers of Freedom theatrically released as two 220 minutes feature films a co production that involved most of the Eastern Bloc European countries and dealt with the exploits of their contemporary leaders especially Leonid Brezhnev during the Second World War He was granted the title People s Artist of the USSR in the same year 8 and was a member in the jury of the 30th Cannes Film Festival 11 and the 10th Moscow International Film Festival 12 In 1979 Ozerov was selected to be the chief of the Moscow 1980 Olympics Artistic Committee He directed a series of documentary films dedicated to the games Ballad of Sport Farewell to the Olympics The Olympic Holidays and O Sport You re the World For this accomplishment he was awarded the USSR State Prize in 1981 7 In 1985 Ozerov directed another large scale World War II production the Battle of Moscow released for the 40th Anniversary of Victory Day The film received the 1986 All Union Film Festival Grand Prize 8 Later years edit nbsp Nikolai and Yuri Ozerov s tombstone In 1989 Ozerov decided to direct one more World War II film Stalingrad Due to the economical situation in the Soviet Union he had to approach the Warner Bros for assistance with the budget The company agreed but only on condition that American actors would receive major roles The reluctant Ozerov had to cast Powers Boothe as General Chuikov 4 In 1993 the director used footage from Stalingrad in the film Angels of Death that presented a sniper duel taking place during the battle for the city The new footage was filmed in Syria Selected material from all of Ozerov s works on World War II was compiled to create the historical mini series Tragedy of the Century In 1995 Ozerov produced a mini series The Great Commander Georgy Zhukov consisting of all the scenes in his films that included Zhukov in all of which he was depicted by Mikhail Ulyanov In 2001 he received the Russian President s award for contribution to national cinema dying shortly after 7 He is buried in the Vvedenskoye Cemetery alongside his younger brother Nikolai 13 His widow founded the Yuri Ozerov War Films Festival in his memory 14 Decorations editOrder of the Patriotic War 2nd class 1944 Order of the Red Banner 1945 Order of the Badge of Honour 1965 Order of Lenin 1971 1981 Star of People s Friendship East Germany 1972 Silver Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland 1977 Order of the October Revolution 1986 Order of Merit for the Fatherland 3rd class 1996 Honoured Artist of the RSFSR 1965 Honoured Artist of the Slovak Socialist Republic 1971 Honoured Artist of the People s Republic of Poland 1972 People s Artist of the RSFSR 1974 People s Artist of USSR 1977 Honoured Artist of the Czech Socialist Republic 1981 Main prize and award of the All Union Film Festival Liberation movies 3rd 4th 1972 Lenin Prize 1972 the film Liberation Silver Medals of the Polish Soviet Friendship Society 1977 Liberation and Soldiers of Freedom State Prize of the USSR 1982 as the director of the official film of the Games of the XXII Summer Olympics O Sport You are Peace Main prize of the organizing committee of the All Union Film Festival 1986 Battle of Moscow Dovzhenko Gold Medal 1986 Battle of Moscow Russian President s Award for his contribution to the development of national cinema 2001 Filmography editAlexander Pushkin 1950 Arena of the Bold 1953 Son 1955 Kochubey ru 1957 Fortune ru 1959 High Road ru 1962 Liberation The Fire Bulge 1970 Breakthrough 1970 The Direction of the Main Blow 1971 Battle of Berlin 1971 The Last Assault 1971 Visions of Eight 1973 Soldiers of Freedom 1977 O Sport You the Peace 1981 Battle of Moscow 1985 Stalingrad 1989 Tragedy of the Century 1993 Angels of Death 1993 The Great Commander Georgy Zhukov 1995 References edit Peter Rollberg 2009 Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema US Rowman amp Littlefield pp 509 511 ISBN 978 0 8108 6072 8 Ozerov Nikolaj Nikolai Ozerov Junior aib ru in Russian Retrieved 19 January 2011 Ozerov Nikolaj Nikolaevich Nikolai Ozerov biography ru in Russian Retrieved 19 January 2011 a b c Bukin Alexei June 2005 KINOLETOPIS VELIKOJ VOJNY Cinema Chronicler of the Great War in Russian Petrovskyi Vedomosti Retrieved 19 January 2011 Matizen Victor 16 October 2001 Chelovek kotoryj dvazhdy bral Evropu The Man Who Took Europe Twice Film ru in Russian Retrieved 19 January 2011 Sukhomlin Vladimir 26 January 2001 SEMYa Family sukhomlin ru in Russian Retrieved 19 January 2011 a b c d Sukhomlin Vladimir 26 January 2001 YuRIJ NIKOLAEVICh OZEROV OTEC Father Yuri Ozerov sukhomlin ru in Russian Retrieved 19 January 2011 a b c d Ozerov Yurij Nikolaevich Yuri Ozerov cinema ru in Russian Retrieved 19 January 2011 Alexei Filatov 29 November 2010 Penkovskij Penkovsky echo ru in Russian Retrieved 19 January 2011 Liberation in Russian 100 Great Homeland Films Retrieved 19 January 2011 Yuri Ozerov festival cannes com Retrieved 19 January 2011 10th Moscow International Film Festival 1977 MIFF Archived from the original on 16 January 2013 Retrieved 7 January 2013 mogila bratev Ozerov The Ozerov Brothers Grave Vvedenskoye com in Russian Retrieved 24 January 2011 Irena Pavlutkina 29 September 2010 Kino dlinoyu v zhizn A Lifelong of Films Krasnaya Zvezda in Russian Retrieved 19 January 2011 External links editA biography of Ozerov Yuri Ozerov at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yuri Ozerov director amp oldid 1177157603, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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