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'''Abram Room''' (born ] ] in Vilna, ] (now ], ]), died ] ] in ]) was a
'''Abram Matveyevich Room''' ({{langx|ru|Абрам Матвеевич Роом}}; real name '''Abram Mordkhelevich Rom''', {{Langx|ru|Абрам Мордхелевич Ром}}; 28 June 1894, ] – 26 July 1976, ]) was a Soviet ] and ].<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema|author=Peter Rollberg|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2016|place=US|isbn=978-1442268425|pages=620–622}}</ref><ref></ref>
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==Biography==
⚫ Room's best known film is '']'' 1927. In the film, a woman who is married to a construction worker has an affair with their lodger. The film tracks the evolution of a housewife into a strong liberated woman, which was very unusual for its time.
In 1914-1917 he studied at the ], between 1917 and 1922 at the medical faculty of ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aif.ru/culture/person/chelovecheskoe_kino_abrama_rooma|publisher=]|title=Человеческое кино Абрама Роома|date=28 June 2014 }}</ref> From 1917 he worked in Saratov in the arts department as professor and rector of the Higher theatrical art workshops. Since 1923 he was the director of ]’s Theatre of the Revolution in Moscow, director and teacher of the Higher Pedagogical School of the ] in the Kremlin. Since 1924 he was the director at the studios ], ], ]. Since 1936 he was director at the studio ]. In 1925-1934 he taught at ] as a senior lecturer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://2011.russiancinema.ru/index.php?e_dept_id=1&e_person_id=1199|publisher=Encyclopedia of Native Cinema|title=Абрам Роом|access-date=2017-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224193214/http://2011.russiancinema.ru/index.php?e_dept_id=1&e_person_id=1199|archive-date=2017-02-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>

⚫ Room's best known film is '']'' (1927) after a screenplay by ] and ]. In the film, a woman who is married to a construction worker has an affair with their lodger. The film tracks the evolution of a housewife into a strong liberated woman, which was very unusual for its time. Another notable title is '']'' (1929)

The first movie he directed was ''The Vodka Chase'' in 1924.

He directed the first talking picture in the Soviet Union, the 1930 documentary '']''. The other films he directed were ''Traitor'' (1926), ''Ruts'' (1928), ''Criminals'' (1933), '']'' (1939), ''Invasion'' (1945), '']'' (1946), ''School for Scandal'' (1952), '']'' (1964), '']'' (1969), and '']'' (1971).

Cited in the German book ''Texte zur Theorie des Films'' (Albersmeier 1998, p.304) : "A. Room, declared opponent of the concept of ], postulated in his essay Moi kinoubezhdeniya (My beliefs of film) in: Soviet screen, 1926, m. 8, p. 5: Prior importance in film must be the living human... , exactly that what Eisenstein declined."

==Filmography==
*'']'' (1926)
*'']'' (1926; screenwriter)
*'']'' (1927)
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*'']'' (1930)
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*'']'' (1936)
*'']'' (1939)
*'']'' (1946)
*'']'' (1948)
*'']'' (1953)
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*'']'' (1970)
*'']'' (1971)

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=501 Movie Directors|editor-first=Steven Jay|editor-last=Schneider|publisher=Cassell Illustrated|location=London|year=2007|page=70|isbn=9781844035731|oclc=1347156402}}


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Latest revision as of 06:06, 8 December 2024

Soviet film director (1894–1976)

Abram Matveyevich Room (Russian: Абрам Матвеевич Роом; real name Abram Mordkhelevich Rom, Russian: Абрам Мордхелевич Ром; 28 June 1894, Vilna – 26 July 1976, Moscow) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter.

Biography

In 1914-1917 he studied at the St. Petersburg Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute, between 1917 and 1922 at the medical faculty of Saratov State University. From 1917 he worked in Saratov in the arts department as professor and rector of the Higher theatrical art workshops. Since 1923 he was the director of Vsevolod Meyerhold’s Theatre of the Revolution in Moscow, director and teacher of the Higher Pedagogical School of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee in the Kremlin. Since 1924 he was the director at the studios Goskino, Sovkino, Soyuzkino. Since 1936 he was director at the studio Mosfilm. In 1925-1934 he taught at VGIK as a senior lecturer.

Room's best known film is Bed and Sofa (1927) after a screenplay by Lev Kuleshov and Viktor Shklovsky. In the film, a woman who is married to a construction worker has an affair with their lodger. The film tracks the evolution of a housewife into a strong liberated woman, which was very unusual for its time. Another notable title is The Ghost That Never Returns (1929)

The first movie he directed was The Vodka Chase in 1924.

He directed the first talking picture in the Soviet Union, the 1930 documentary The Plan for Great Works. The other films he directed were Traitor (1926), Ruts (1928), Criminals (1933), Squadron No. 5 (1939), Invasion (1945), In the Mountains of Yugoslavia (1946), School for Scandal (1952), The Garnet Bracelet (1964), Late Flowers (1969), and A Man Before His Time (1971).

Cited in the German book Texte zur Theorie des Films (Albersmeier 1998, p.304) : "A. Room, declared opponent of the concept of Sergei Eisenstein, postulated in his essay Moi kinoubezhdeniya (My beliefs of film) in: Soviet screen, 1926, m. 8, p. 5: Prior importance in film must be the living human... , exactly that what Eisenstein declined."

Filmography

References

  1. Peter Rollberg (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 620–622. ISBN 978-1442268425.
  2. Абрам Роом - биография
  3. "Человеческое кино Абрама Роома". Argumenty i Fakty. 28 June 2014.
  4. "Абрам Роом". Encyclopedia of Native Cinema. Archived from the original on 2017-02-24. Retrieved 2017-02-08.

Further reading

External links

Films by Abram Room


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