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Mark Zakharov
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Mark Zakharov (1933-2019) was a Soviet and Russian theatrical director and playwright. He was also a professor at the Moscow Theatre Institute (GITIS). Born in Moscow, USSR, Mark…
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Mark Zakharov (1933-2019) was a Soviet and Russian theatrical director and playwright. He was also a professor at the Moscow Theatre Institute (GITIS). Born in Moscow, USSR, Mark Zakharov's father was a Red Army soldier during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920, and his mother was an actress. Zakharov was raised in Moscow, where he was encouraged by his mother in his persistent efforts to become an actor. He was admitted after several attempts and graduated from the acting school of the State Theatre Institute in 1955. Zakharov helped create an ensemble of actors who worked with him at Moscow's Lenkom Theatre, including: Inna Churikova, Leonid Bronevoy, Oleg Yankovsky, Aleksandr Abdulov, Nikolai Karachentsov, Aleksandr Zbruyev, Aleksandra Zakharova, Tatyana Kravchenko, Aleksandr Lazarev, and Dmitri Pevtsov. Mark Zakharov has been the Artistic Director of Moscow's Lenkom Theatre since 1973, where he has helped to define the landscape of Moscow's theatrical culture.
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2016
Legends of Cinema
TV show Self
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2015
Yankovsky
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2014
The Heavenly Wanderers
Movie Director
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2012
Peer Gynt
Movie Writer
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2012
Marriage
Movie Director
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2011
Balakirev the Jester
Movie Director
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2011
The Cherry Orchard
Movie Director
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2009
Alexander Abdulov. Romance with Life
Movie Self - Режиссер
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2007
Marriage
Movie Director
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2005
Mad Day or Figaro Wedding
Movie Director
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2005
The Barbarian and the Heretic
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2005
The Royal Games
Movie Director
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2005
Mystification
Movie Director
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2004
Juno and Avos
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2004
All In
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2004
The Wise Man
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2001
Balakirev the Jester
Movie Director
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1994
The Seagull
Movie Director
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1993
Memorial Prayer
Movie Director
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1989
The Prisoner of If Castle
Movie Screenplay
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1988
To Kill a Dragon
Movie Director
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1988
Dictatorship of Conscience
Movie Director
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1988
Three Girls in Blue
Movie Director
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1988
Artists in Theatre, Film and Television
Movie Self
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1987
I Have the Honor
Movie Writer
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1985
The House That Swift Built
Movie Director
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1984
Formula of Love
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1983
Juno and Avos
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1981
The Name of the Earth and the Sun
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1979
The Very Same Munchhausen
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1979
Обыкновенное чудо
TV show Creator
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1978
Ordinary Miracle
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1978
Lad from Our Town
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1977
The Twelve Chairs
TV show Director
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1976
Spring of the Twenty-Ninth
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1975
For Better and for Worse
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1974
Wake Up and Sing
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1974
Пир во время чумы
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1973
The Sannikov Land
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1972
The Train Stops for Two Minutes
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