Eldar Ryazanov

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Eldar Ryazanov
Eldar Ryazanov

Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov (Russian: Эльдар Александрович Рязанов); b. 18 November 1927 in Kuybyshev, now Samara) is a Soviet/Russian film director whose comedies, satirizing the daily life of the country, are very famous throughout the former Soviet Union.

He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1984, and received the USSR State Prize in 1977. The asteroid 4258 Ryazanov is named after him.

Among his most famous films are Carnival Night (1955), Hussar Ballad (1962), Watch out for the Automobile (1966), Irony of Fate (1975), Office Romance (1977), Garage (1979), and A Cruel Romance (1984).

[edit] Filmography

The cover of Ryazanov's memoir book "Unsummarized conclusions"
The cover of Ryazanov's memoir book "Unsummarized conclusions"
  • 2007 Irony of fate 2 - Actor: Passenger of plane.(he did not actually produce this he said that he would have nothing to do with this)
  • 2006 Andersen. Life without love.
  • 2006 Karnavalnaya noch 2 (TV)
  • 2003 Klyuch ot spalni - Director / Screenwriter
  • 2000 Tikhiye Omuty - Director
  • 2000 Starye Klyachi - Director/ Actor: Judge
  • 1996 Privet, Duralei! - Director
  • 1994 Predskazaniye - Director / Screenwriter / Short Story Author
  • 1991 Nebesa Obetovanniye - Director / Actor: Man in Diner
  • 1988 Dorogaya Yelena Sergeyevna - Director
  • 1987 Zabytaya Melodiya dlya Fleity - Director / Screenwriter
  • 1984 A Cruel Romance - Director / Screenwriter
  • 1982 Vokzal Dlya Dvoikh - Director / Screen Story / Screenwriter / Actor: Railroad Supervisor
  • 1981 O Bednom Gusare Zamolvite Slovo - Director
  • 1979 Garazh - Director / Screenwriter / Actor: Sleeping Man
  • 1977 Office Romance - Director / Screenwriter
  • 1975 Irony of Fate - Director / Screenwriter
  • 1974 Невероятные приключения итальянцев в России / Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia directed by Franco Prosperi and Eldar Ryazanov
  • 1973 Neveroyatnye Priklyucheniya Italyantsev v Rossii - Director / Screenwriter
  • 1971 Stariki-razboyniki - Director
  • 1969 Zigzag Udachi - Director
  • 1966 Watch out for the Automobile - Director / Screenwriter » Review
  • 1964 Dayte zhalobnuyu knigu - Director
  • 1962 Hussar Ballad - Director
  • 1961 Chelovek Niotkuda - Director
  • 1961 Kak Sozdavalsya Robinzon - Director
  • 1957 Devushka Bez Adresa - Director
  • 1956 Karnavalnaya Noch - Director
  • 1955 Vesenniye Golosa- second Director
  • 1954 Ostrov Sakhalin
  • 1953 Nedaleko ot Krasnodara
  • 1953 Tvoi Knizhki
  • 1952 Na Pervenstve mira po shakhmatam
  • 1951 Doroga imeni Oktyabrya
  • 1950 Oni Uchatsya v Moskve

[edit] Reference

  • David MacFadyen, The Sad Comedy of Elʹdar Riazanov: An Introduction to Russia's Most Popular Filmmaker, McGill-Queen's Press: 2003, ISBN 0773526366

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Films by Eldar Ryazanov
Films:
Carnival Night (1956) •

A Girl with no Address (1957) • A Man from Nowhere (1961) • Hussar Ballad (1962) • Give the complaint-book (1964) • Watch out for the Automobile (1966) • Zigzag of Fortune (1969) • Stariki-razboyniki (1971) • Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1973) • Irony of Fate (1975) • Office Romance (1977) • Garazh (1979) • O Bednom Gusare Zamolvite Slovo (1981) • Vokzal For Two (1982) • A Cruel Romance (1984) • Forgotten Melody for a Flute (1987) • Dear Yelena Sergeyevna (1988) • Nebesa Obetovanniye (1991) • Predskazaniye (1994) • Privet, Duralei! (1996) • Starye Klyachi (2000) • Tikhiye Omuty (2000) • Key of the bedroom (2003) • Carnival Night 2 (2006) •

Andersen. Life without love (2006)
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Cinema of Russia
Cinema of the Russian Empire (pre-1917) • Cinema of the Soviet Union (1917–1990)