Directing
Yakov Bliokh
Place of birth
Tambov - Russia
Known for
Directing
Credits
3 titles
Yakov Bliokh was born in 1895 in Tambov, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Tambov Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and producer, known for Battleship Potemkin (1925), Shanhkayskiy dokument (1928) and Noch pered Rozhdestvom (1951). He died on July 5, 1957 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
Known for
7.6In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin revolt against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.
Battleship Potemkin
1925
Archival footage of Ordzhonikidze, scenes from his funeral in Moscow, and speeches by his grieving colleagues, including Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev.
In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze
1937
6.0The film portrays Shanghai, China in the early 1920s. It shows the contrasts between the world of Western expatriates (including Britons, Americans, New Zealanders, Australians, and Danes) who live in the luxurious Shanghai International Settlement, and that of the Shanghainese inhabitants, who spend their days laboring.
The Shanghai Document
1928
Behind the camera
7.6In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin revolt against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.
Battleship Potemkin
1925
Archival footage of Ordzhonikidze, scenes from his funeral in Moscow, and speeches by his grieving colleagues, including Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev.
In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze
1937
6.0The film portrays Shanghai, China in the early 1920s. It shows the contrasts between the world of Western expatriates (including Britons, Americans, New Zealanders, Australians, and Danes) who live in the luxurious Shanghai International Settlement, and that of the Shanghainese inhabitants, who spend their days laboring.
The Shanghai Document
1928