1. Pudovkin's masterpieces are often contrasted with those of his contemporary Sergei Eisenstein; Eisenstein utilized montage to glorify the power of the masses, while Pudovkin preferred to concentrate on the courage and resilience of individuals.
10 Facts About Vsevolod Pudovkin
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Vsevolod Pudovkin was granted the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1948.
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Vsevolod Pudovkin was born in Penza into a Russian family, the third of six children.
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Vsevolod Pudovkin asserted that his wife encouraged him for pursuing a career as a filmmaker.
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Vsevolod Pudovkin's first notable work was a comedy short Chess Fever co-directed with Nikolai Shpikovsky.
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Vsevolod Pudovkin was publicly charged with formalism for his experimental sound film A Simple Case, which he was forced to release without its sound track.
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Vsevolod Pudovkin was awarded a Stalin Prize for both of them in 1941.
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Vsevolod Pudovkin played a small part in the Ivan the Terrible movie.
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Apart from directing, screenwriting and acting, Vsevolod Pudovkin was an educator and a journalist, author of several books on film theory, professor at VGIK, president of the cinema section at VOKS and a member of the Soviet Peace Committee.
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Vsevolod Pudovkin died on 30 June 1953 in Dubulti, Latvian SSR after a heart attack.