Samson Samsonov

{{Short description|Russian film director (1921–2002)}} {{One source|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Samson Samsonov | honorific_suffix = | native_name = Самсон Самсонов | native_name_lang = ru | image = Samson Samsonov.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Samson Iosifovich Edelstein | other names = | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1921|2|23}} | birth_place = Novozybkov, Russian SFSR | death_date = {{death date and age|2002|8|31|1921|2|23|mf=y}} | death_place = Moscow, Russia | resting_place = Troyekurovskoye Cemetery, Moscow | yearsactive = 1948–1996 | spouse = | children = | title = People's Artist of the USSR {{small|(1991)}} | website = | notable_works = ''An Optimistic Tragedy'' {{small|(1963)}} }}

'''Samson Iosifovich Samsonov''' ({{langx|ru|Самсо́н Ио́сифович Самсо́нов}}; 23 February 1921 – 31 August 2002) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter, he was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1991.<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema|author=Peter Rollberg|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2009|place=US|ISBN=978-0-8108-6072-8|pages=602–603}}</ref>

Samson Samsonov graduated from Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1951, where he studied under Sergei Gerasimov.

==Filmography== *''Poprygunya (Попрыгунья) / The Grasshopper'' (1955) *''Za vitrinnoy univermaga (За витриной универмага) / Behind Show Windows'' (1956) *''Ognennye versty (Огненные вёрсты) / Miles of Fire'' (1957) *''Rovesnik veka (Ровесник века) /Contemporary of the Century'' (1960) *''Optimisticheskaya tragediya (Оптимистическая трагедия) / Optimistic Tragedy'' (1963) *''Tri sestry (Три сестры) / The Three Sisters'' (1964) *''Arena (Арена) / Arena'' (1967) *''Kazhdyy vecher v odinnadtsat (Каждый вечер в одиннадцать) /Each Evening at Eleven'' (1969) *''Mnogo shuma iz nichego (Много шума из ничего) / Much Ado About Nothing'' (1973) *''Chisto angliyskoe ubiystvo (Чисто английское убийство) /A Very English Murder'' (1974) *''Beshenoe zoloto (Бешеное золото) /The Golden Fleece'' (1976) *''Zhuravl v nebe (Журавль в небе) / Crane in the Sky'' (1977) *''Torgovka i poet (Торговка и поэт)'' / (1980) *''Vosmoye chudo sveta (Восьмое чудо света) / Eighth Wonder of the World'' (1981) *''Odinokim predostavlyaetsya obshchezhitiye (Одиноким предоставляется общежитие) / Offered for Singles'' (1983) *''Tantsploshchadka (Танцплощадка) / Dancefloor'' (1985) *''Neprikayannyy (Неприкаянный) / Stranded'' (1989) *''Myshelovka (Мышеловка) / The Mousetrap'' (1990) *''Kazino (Казино) / Casino'' (1992) *''Milyy drug davno zabytykh let... (Милый друг давно забытых лет...) / Sweet Friend of Years Forgotten Long Ago...'' (1996)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0760353}} {{Samson Samsonov}}

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