Directing

Iosif Shapiro

Born — Died

1907-12-15 — 1989-05-23

Place of birth

Minsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]

Known for

Directing

Credits

17 titles

Known for

Comrade Innokenti poster
9.0

About the initial period of the revolutionary activity of the Russian revolutionary Joseph Dubrovinsky (1877-1913, Innokenty is one of the underground nicknames of the Bolshevik), about the years of active propaganda work, a duel with the "king of the Okhrana" Zubatov, exile and the resumption of work underground.

Comrade Innokenti

1981

Varvara's Day poster
7.0

Varvara and Pavel Zhdanov did not live long together. The war broke out and Pavel went to the front, and a hard, exhausting job at a metallurgical plant fell on the shoulders of a young woman...

Varvara's Day

1983

Three Fat Men poster
7.1

A fairy tale film about the clever tightrope walker Tibule, who fights alongside the armorer Prospero and all the working people against the tyrants, the three Fat Men, who rule the state until the young heir Tutti comes of age. The freedom fighters are aided by the kind Dr. Gaspar and the brave acrobat girl Suok, who has to pretend to be a doll to sneak into the palace and free Prospero.

Three Fat Men

1966

Wait For Me, Islands! poster
NR

A touching story about a teenager who dreams of growing up as soon as possible and discovering unknown islands. In the meantime, having scored another two and being offended by his father for the breakdown of an elegant sailboat made with his own hands, he runs away from home, wherever his eyes look - suddenly along the way he will come across an island that has not yet been discovered by anyone. And by doing so, he raises the police, the school, relatives and friends to their feet...

Wait For Me, Islands!

1978

Five Days poster
NR

The film consists of fragments of the competitions of pentathlete athletes included in the game plot.

Five Days

1956

Don César de Bazan poster
7.0

Based on the play of the same name by F. Dumanoir and D'Ennery about the pure and strong love of the dancer Maritana, the favorite of the poor of Madrid, and the unemployed vagabond - Grand , a courageous and noble defender of the oppressed.

Don César de Bazan

1957

Behind the camera

Comrade Innokenti poster
9.0

About the initial period of the revolutionary activity of the Russian revolutionary Joseph Dubrovinsky (1877-1913, Innokenty is one of the underground nicknames of the Bolshevik), about the years of active propaganda work, a duel with the "king of the Okhrana" Zubatov, exile and the resumption of work underground.

Comrade Innokenti

1981

Varvara's Day poster
7.0

Varvara and Pavel Zhdanov did not live long together. The war broke out and Pavel went to the front, and a hard, exhausting job at a metallurgical plant fell on the shoulders of a young woman...

Varvara's Day

1983

Three Fat Men poster
7.1

A fairy tale film about the clever tightrope walker Tibule, who fights alongside the armorer Prospero and all the working people against the tyrants, the three Fat Men, who rule the state until the young heir Tutti comes of age. The freedom fighters are aided by the kind Dr. Gaspar and the brave acrobat girl Suok, who has to pretend to be a doll to sneak into the palace and free Prospero.

Three Fat Men

1966

Wait For Me, Islands! poster
NR

A touching story about a teenager who dreams of growing up as soon as possible and discovering unknown islands. In the meantime, having scored another two and being offended by his father for the breakdown of an elegant sailboat made with his own hands, he runs away from home, wherever his eyes look - suddenly along the way he will come across an island that has not yet been discovered by anyone. And by doing so, he raises the police, the school, relatives and friends to their feet...

Wait For Me, Islands!

1978

Five Days poster
NR

The film consists of fragments of the competitions of pentathlete athletes included in the game plot.

Five Days

1956

Don César de Bazan poster
7.0

Based on the play of the same name by F. Dumanoir and D'Ennery about the pure and strong love of the dancer Maritana, the favorite of the poor of Madrid, and the unemployed vagabond - Grand , a courageous and noble defender of the oppressed.

Don César de Bazan

1957

Don César de Bazan poster
7.0

Based on the play of the same name by F. Dumanoir and D'Ennery about the pure and strong love of the dancer Maritana, the favorite of the poor of Madrid, and the unemployed vagabond - Grand , a courageous and noble defender of the oppressed.

Don César de Bazan

1957

No artwork available
NR

Aunt Lusha, the chairman of the collective farm, is still far from old age. But his youth flew by like a day, worrying about others and caring for the village. Now it's time to clean up the bread, but the area does not provide a threshing machine, it's time to prepare the cattle yard for winter — and everything needs to be solved fundamentally and immediately...

Aunt Lusha

1959

No artwork available
NR

Aunt Lusha, the chairman of the collective farm, is still far from old age. But his youth flew by like a day, worrying about others and caring for the village. Now it's time to clean up the bread, but the area does not provide a threshing machine, it's time to prepare the cattle yard for winter — and everything needs to be solved fundamentally and immediately...

Aunt Lusha

1959

The Last Days of Pompeii poster
9.0

A team of pop artists arrives in a small resort town and hopes to make money easily. But the guest performers are not given a provincial reception. Vacationing students of the theater university expose the hacks and declare a boycott against them...

The Last Days of Pompeii

1973

Sofya Kovalevskaya poster
7.0

Follows the life of the Russian mathematician Sofya Kovalevskaya.

Sofya Kovalevskaya

1956

Sofya Kovalevskaya poster
7.0

Follows the life of the Russian mathematician Sofya Kovalevskaya.

Sofya Kovalevskaya

1956

The Whirligig of Life poster
7.0

Ransie Bilbrough and his “other half” came to see Magistrate Binaj Widdep. The couple wanted a divorce. For the judge, this was a long-awaited event, since the judge did not have a penny. And the divorce process happened. But what could have happened that the next day the couple were ready to begin the wedding ceremony? And all this cost them a five dollar bill...

The Whirligig of Life

1958

The Whirligig of Life poster
7.0

Ransie Bilbrough and his “other half” came to see Magistrate Binaj Widdep. The couple wanted a divorce. For the judge, this was a long-awaited event, since the judge did not have a penny. And the divorce process happened. But what could have happened that the next day the couple were ready to begin the wedding ceremony? And all this cost them a five dollar bill...

The Whirligig of Life

1958

Come and Work at the Savings Bank poster
NR

Galya did not enter the institute. A friend suggests that she go to work at a savings bank.

Come and Work at the Savings Bank

1978

Neva Melodies poster
8.0

A young designer Alyosha (Alexey Kozhevnikov) decided to write a musical review. He had already decided that the characters in this review would look like his friends Vasya and Masha, but what kind of plot should he come up with? And, reflecting on this, the author wanders through the streets of Leningrad. Vasya and Masha recently got married, and from the outside it seems that they have cloudless happiness. Meanwhile, a conflict is brewing in the newlyweds' family.

Neva Melodies

1959

Song about Friendship poster
7.8

Fedya Yatsevich is going to a holiday home, his wife Lara - on a business trip to Zaraysk, for the whole summer. Their large apartment remains empty. At the same time, a friend of Larisa, Alesia, whom Lara persuadedto live in their apartment, was sent to the city from Zaraysk to the amateur olympiad. Fedya meets an old friend Ryhor Shemet and also allows him to live in his room, not knowing that Lara did the same with her friend. Living under the same roof, Alesya and Rygor begin to feel sympathy for each other...

Song about Friendship

1941