
Directing
Les Kurbas
Born — Died
1887-02-25 — 1937-07-03
Place of birth
Sambir, Kingdom of Galicia and Volodymyr, Cisleithania, Austria-Hungary
Known for
Directing
Credits
4 titles
Les Kurbas (full name - Oleksandr-Zenon Stepanovych Kurbas; February 25, 1887, Sambir, Kingdom of Galicia and Vladimir, Austria-Hungary - November 3, 1937, Sandarmokh, Karelian ASSR, RSFSR, USSR) - Ukrainian director, actor, theater theorist, playwright, publicist, translator. Representative of the shot revival. People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1925)[4]. Founder of the Berezil Theater. Victim of Stalinist repressions.
Known for
NRAn agitation film based on historical events. An episode of the uprising of pro-Bolshevik workers at the Kyiv Arsenal factory against the forces of the Central Rada.
Arsenaltsy
1925
A political satire on one of the enemies of the Soviet regime, the leader of the English Labour Party, James Ramsay Macdonald. The plot unfolds at a fast pace, using grotesque satirical techniques to prove that the royal power in England is a fiction.
MacDonald
1925
Neighbors, priest Sylvestr Izhekheruvymskyi and deacon Hordii Sviatoptitsyn, had a bloody feud with each other over a cherry tree that grew on the border between them and one day unexpectedly bore abundant large juicy berries. As of 2020, the tape is considered lost.
Vendetta
1925
NRA documentary about Ukrainian director, actor and playwright, founder of the Young Theater and the Berezil Theater and a victim of Stalin's terror, Les Kurbas, who is called the creator of modern Ukrainian theater.
The Kurbas Phenomenon
2024
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRAn agitation film based on historical events. An episode of the uprising of pro-Bolshevik workers at the Kyiv Arsenal factory against the forces of the Central Rada.
Arsenaltsy
1925
A political satire on one of the enemies of the Soviet regime, the leader of the English Labour Party, James Ramsay Macdonald. The plot unfolds at a fast pace, using grotesque satirical techniques to prove that the royal power in England is a fiction.
MacDonald
1925
Neighbors, priest Sylvestr Izhekheruvymskyi and deacon Hordii Sviatoptitsyn, had a bloody feud with each other over a cherry tree that grew on the border between them and one day unexpectedly bore abundant large juicy berries. As of 2020, the tape is considered lost.
Vendetta
1925
