Mikhail Schweitzer

Mikhail Schweitzer
Born	Mikhail Abramovich Schweitzer 16 March 1920(1920-03-16) Perm, USSR
Died	2 June 2000(2000-06-02) (aged 80) Moscow, Russia
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter

Mikhail (or Moisei/Moses) Abramovitch Schweitzer (Russian: Михаил (Моисей) Абрамович Швейцер, 16 February 1920, Perm, RSFSR - 2 June 2000, Russia) was outstanding Soviet film director, People's Artist of the RSFSR and People's Artist of the USSR

Mikhail Shveitser graduated from VGIK, directing class of Sergei Eisenstein art workshop. He started to work at Mosfilm Studios since 1943. Shveitser was an assistant director of Man No 217 film production in 1944. Mikhail Romm was a director of that film. When Shveitser lost his job after his first movie Glorious Path which was filming in the contestation with a cosmopolitism period, he could be accepted to work at Sverdlovsk Film Studios only with Mikhail Romm's help.^[1]

Filmography

• Glorious Path / Путь славы (1949)
• Resurrection / Воскресение (1960–1962)
• Time, Forward! (1965)
• The Little Golden Calf / Золотой телёнок (1968)
• Karousel/Карусель (1970)
• Funny People / Смешные люди (1974)
• Escape of Mr. McKinley / Бегство мистера Мак-Кинли (1976)
• Little Tragedies / Маленькие трагедии (1979)
• Dead Souls / Мёртвые души (1984)
• The Kreutzer Sonata / Крейцерова соната (1987)
• Как живёте, караси? (1991)
• Listen up, Fellini! / Послушай, Феллини! (1993)

Awards

• People's Artist of the RSFSR, 1977
• USSR State Prize, 1977
• People's Artist of the USSR, 1990
• Kinotavr Special Prize "for creativity", 1992
• Laureate of the Golden Aries Prize, 1995
• Order of Honour, 1996

References

1. ^ "Sveitser Mikhail Abramovich. Culture and Education. Theater and Cinema" (in Russian). krugosvet.ru. http://www.krugosvet.ru/enc/kultura_i_obrazovanie/teatr_i_kino/SHVETSER_MIHAIL_ABRAMOVICH.html. Retrieved October 7, 2009. 

External links

• Mikhail Schweitzer at the Internet Movie Database
• Mikhail Shveitser at kino-teatr.ru (Russian)
• Mikhail Shveitser Died. Independed Newspaper (Russian)

Persondata
Name	Shveytser, Mikhail Abramovitch
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	16 March 1920
Place of birth	Perm, USSR
Date of death	2 June 2000
Place of death	Moscow, Russia