Leonid Trauberg

Leonid Trauberg
Born
Leonid Zakharovich Trauberg

(1902-01-17)17 January 1902
Odessa, Russian Empire
(now Ukraine)
Died14 November 1990(1990-11-14) (aged 88)
Moscow, Soviet Union
(now Russia)
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1924–1961

Leonid Zakharovich Trauberg (Russian: Леонид Захарович Трауберг, 17 January 1902 – 14 November 1990) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter.[1] He directed 17 films between 1924 and 1961 and was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941. Trauberg was Jewish, and was fiercely attacked by Soviet authorities during the so-called "anti-cosmopolitan" period following World War II.[2]

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 701–702. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  2. ^ Pinkus, Benjamin (1984). The Soviet Government and the Jews 1948–1967: A Documented Study. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 491. ISBN 0521247136.