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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Yan_Frid > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Yan_Frid.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Frid > Source revision: 1357327631 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox person | name = Yan Frid | image = Yan_Borisovich_Frid.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|5|31|df=y}} | birth_place = [Krasnoyarsk](/source/Krasnoyarsk), [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire) | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|12|21|1908|5|31|df=y}} | death_place = [Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart), [Germany](/source/Germany) | other_names = | occupation = Writer, Director | years_active = 1939–1992 (film) }} '''Yan Borisovich Frid''' ({{langx|ru|Ян Борисович Фрид}}; 1908–2003) was a Soviet [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter) and [film director](/source/film_director).Klossner p.374 ==Life and career== Yan Borisovich Frid was born on May 31, 1908, in [Krasnoyarsk](/source/Krasnoyarsk). In 1932 he graduated from the directing department of the [Leningrad Theatrical Institute](/source/Russian_State_Institute_of_Performing_Arts) (workshop of Vladimir Solovyov), and in 1938, from the [VGIK](/source/VGIK), where his mentor was [Sergei Eisenstein](/source/Sergei_Eisenstein).{{cite web|url=http://fakty.ua/109797-znamenityj-sovetskij-kinorezhisser-yan-frid-quot-ya-ne-znayu-bolshego-schastya-chem-dostavlyat-svoimi-filmami-radost-lyudyam-quot|publisher=fakty.ua|title=Знаменитый советский кинорежиссер ян фрид: "я не знаю большего счастья, чем доставлять своими фильмами радость людям"|author=Olga Kurchina|date=24 February 2000 }} Since 1938, the director started working at [Lenfilm](/source/Lenfilm), where he made his debut with a short film based on [Anton Chekhov's](/source/Anton_Chekhov) short story "Surgery." Then he made the children's adventure film "Patriot". Starting from October 1941 he participated in the [Great Patriotic War](/source/Great_Patriotic_War).{{Cite web|url=http://www.domkino.tv/persons/3046|publisher=domkino|title=Ян Фрид}} Between January 1944 and May 1945 he was head of the Army House of the Red Army of the 15th Air Army. He fought on the Leningrad and 2nd Baltic fronts. Participated in the defense and lifting of the blockade of Leningrad, the liberation of the Baltic states. He exited the war with the rank of a [major](/source/Major_(rank)).{{Cite news|url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/24185749.html|publisher=[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty](/source/Radio_Free_Europe%2FRadio_Liberty)|title=Скончался кинорежиссер Ян Фрид|author=Yuri Veksler|newspaper=Радио Свобода |date=23 May 2011 }} Member of the [CPSU](/source/CPSU) (b) since 1939. In the early 1950s, Yan Frid filmed documentaries. In 1953 he directed the film-play ''[Lyubov Yarovaya](/source/Lyubov_Yarovaya)'', and in 1955 he adapted ''[Twelfth Night](/source/Twelfth_Night_(1955_film))'' by [William Shakespeare](/source/William_Shakespeare) for screen. Later, the director made pictures of various genres, but from the beginning of the 1970s he specialized in the genre of [musical film](/source/musical_film), making the film ''[Farewell to St. Petersburg](/source/Farewell_to_St._Petersburg_(film))'' about the stay of [Johann Strauss II](/source/Johann_Strauss_II) in Russia. Yan Frid received all-union recognition after ''[Dog in the Manger](/source/Dog_in_the_Manger)'' hit the television screens, which was based on the play of [Lope de Vega](/source/Lope_de_Vega), with [Mikhail Boyarsky](/source/Mikhail_Boyarsky) [Margarita Terekhova](/source/Margarita_Terekhova) in the lead roles. Great success awaited Yan Frid with films ''[Die Fledermaus](/source/Die_Fledermaus_(1979_film))'' (based on the operetta of [Johann Strauss II](/source/Johann_Strauss_II)) with [Yuri](/source/Yuri_Solomin) and [Vitaly Solomin](/source/Vitaly_Solomin), [Lyudmila Maksakova](/source/Lyudmila_Maksakova); "Silva" (based on [Emmerich Kálmán's](/source/Emmerich_K%C3%A1lm%C3%A1n) operetta) with Ivar Kalninsh; "Pious Marta" (Tirso de Molina) with Margarita Terekhova and Emmanuel Vitorgan; "Don Cesar de Bazan" with Anna Samokhina, Mikhail Boyarsky and Yuri Bogatyrev. In addition to the above, the director has directed the films "The Road of Truth", "Another's Trouble", ''[The Green Carriage](/source/The_Green_Carriage)'', "Free Wind", "Tartuffe". In 1932–1962 Frid taught at the [Leningrad Ostrovsky Theatre Institute](/source/Russian_State_Institute_of_Performing_Arts); since 1970 he was a professor at the [Saint Petersburg Conservatory](/source/Saint_Petersburg_Conservatory).{{Cite web|url=http://2011.russiancinema.ru/index.php?e_dept_id=1&e_person_id=12708|publisher=russiancinema|title=Ян Фрид – режиссер, сценарист|access-date=2017-11-24|archive-date=2017-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201050610/http://2011.russiancinema.ru/index.php?e_dept_id=1&e_person_id=12708|url-status=dead}} In the mid-1990s, Yan Frid, along with his wife Victoria Gorshenina (who was an actress at the Satyricon Theater for many years) moved to permanent residence in [Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart), Germany.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rg-rb.de/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_rg%26task%3Ditem%26id%3D14703%26Itemid%3D13|publisher=Russkaya Germania|title=Виктория Горшенина: "Жизнь была счастливой"|access-date=2017-11-24|archive-date=2017-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032305/http://www.rg-rb.de/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_rg%26task%3Ditem%26id%3D14703%26Itemid%3D13|url-status=dead}} He died on December 19, 2003, in [Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart).{{Cite web|url=http://www.mk.ru/editions/daily/article/2003/12/22/121910-umer-rezhisser-yan-frid.html|publisher=[Moskovskij Komsomolets](/source/Moskovskij_Komsomolets)|title=Умер режиссер Ян Фрид|date=22 December 2003 }} ==Selected filmography== * ''[Surgery](/source/%3Aru%3A%D0%A5%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%2C_1939))'' (1939) * ''[Lyubov Yarovaya](/source/Lyubov_Yarovaya)'' (1953) * ''[Twelfth Night](/source/Twelfth_Night_(1955_film))'' (1955) * ''[The Green Carriage](/source/The_Green_Carriage)'' (1967) * ''[Farewell to St. Petersburg](/source/Farewell_to_St._Petersburg_(film))'' (1972) * ''[The Dog in the Manger](/source/The_Dog_in_the_Manger_(1978_film))'' (1978) * ''[Die Fledermaus](/source/Die_Fledermaus_(1979_film))'' (1979) ==Awards== * Honored Art Worker of the Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1951) * [Order of the Patriotic War](/source/Order_of_the_Patriotic_War) (1945, 1985) * [Order of the Red Star](/source/Order_of_the_Red_Star) (1944) *[Order of the Red Banner of Labour](/source/Order_of_the_Red_Banner_of_Labour) *[Order of Friendship](/source/Order_of_Friendship) (2003)[http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/20217 Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 22 ноября 2003 года № 1379 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»] == References == {{Reflist}} == Bibliography == * Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500–1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000''. McFarland & Company, 2002. == External links == * {{IMDb name|0294850}} {{authority control}} {{Yan Frid}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Frid, Yan}} Category:1908 births Category:2003 deaths Category:Writers from Krasnoyarsk Category:Soviet screenwriters Category:Soviet male screenwriters Category:Soviet film directors Category:Recipients of the Medal of Zhukov Category:Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Category:Communist Party of the Soviet Union members --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Yan Frid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Frid) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Frid?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.