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Pudovkin

American  
[poo-dawf-kin, -dof-, poo-dawf-kyin] / puˈdɔf kɪn, -ˈdɒf-, puˈdɔf kyɪn /

noun

  1. Vsevolod Ilarionovich 1893–1953, Russian motion-picture director.


Pudovkin British  
/ puˈdɔfkjɪn /

noun

  1. Vsevolod (ˈfsjevələt). 1893–1953, Russian film director; noted for his silent films, such as Mother (1926) and Storm over Asia (1928)

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He was influenced by the writings of Russian theorists like Sergei Eisenstein and Vsevolod Pudovkin, Mr. Klein writes, and spent evenings at the American Contemporary Gallery in Hollywood.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2011

Pudovkin, Alexander Dovzhenko and Dziga Vertov, the giants of Soviet silent cinema.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pudovkin and Alexander Dovzhenko�seized the movie toy and remade it into a sophisticated machine that dazzled the world intelligentsia, even as it instructed the Russian proletariat.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its story�that of a young Russian peasant lost in the shuffle of war and disaster�excited the attention of neither the director, Vyesolod Pudovkin, nor those who viewed his efforts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Veteran Director V. Pudovkin turns his attention to Soviet aviation.

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