Yu-Lan Chen

Nacimiento : 1913-10-18,

Muerte : 2006-02-01

Historia

Yu-Lan Chen (also known as Iolanda Chen) was a Soviet cinematographer. Born in China, her family moved to Moscow, where later on she pursued a degree in Cinematography at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. Chen worked on a number of films including an epic four-part adaptation of War and Peace.

Películas

Sofiya Perovskaya
Director of Photography
A biopic, looking at one of the major leaders of the assassination of Czar Alexander II.
Voyna i mir IV: Pierre Bezukhov
Director of Photography
Mientras Moscú es incendiada por los rusos en retirada, los Rostov huyen de su propiedad, llevándose consigo a los soldados heridos y, sin que ellos lo sepan, también a Andrei. Pierre, vestido de campesino, intenta asesinar a Napoleón pero es hecho prisionero. Cuando los franceses se ven obligados a retirarse, lo hacen marchar durante meses con la Grande Armée, hasta que un grupo de asalto lo libera. Los franceses son derrotados por Kutuzov en la Batalla de Krasnoi. Andrei es reconocido y llevado a su finca. Perdona a Natasha en su lecho de muerte. Se reúne con Pierre y se casan mientras se reconstruye Moscú.
Voyna i mir III: 1812 god
Director of Photography
En 1812, el ejército de Napoleón invade Rusia. Kutuzov le pide a Bolkonsky que se una a él como oficial de estado mayor, pero el príncipe solicita un comando en el campo. Pierre se dispone a observar el próximo enfrentamiento entre los ejércitos. Durante la Batalla de Borodino, se ofrece como voluntario para ayudar en una batería de artillería. La unidad de Bolkonsky espera en la reserva, pero es alcanzada por un proyectil. Tanto Anatol como Bolkosnky sufren heridas graves. El ejército francés sale victorioso y avanza sobre Moscú.
The Tunnel
Director of Photography
Romania, 1944. Six intelligence agents, Russians and Romanians, at the cost of their own lives, prevented the Nazis from destroying a strategically important object — a tunnel on the path of the Soviet Army.
Voyna i mir II: Natasha Rostova
Director of Photography
A fines de 1809, Natasha asiste a su primer baile. Andrei se enamora de ella y tiene la intención de casarse con ella, pero su padre exige que esperen. El príncipe viaja al extranjero y Natasha lo anhela desesperadamente. Pero luego conoce a Anatol Kuragin y se olvida de Andrei. En el último momento, se arrepiente y abandona sus planes de fugarse con Anatol. Bolkonsky se entera y declara que su compromiso ha terminado. Pierre, tratando de calmarla, de repente anuncia que la ama.
Guerra y paz
Director of Photography
Campaña napoleónica de 1812. Rusia contempla el implacable avance de las tropas napoleónicas hacia sus fronteras. La idílica vida de los miembros de la alta sociedad (el príncipe Andréi Bolkonsky, el soñador e idealista Pierre Bezukhov o la joven Natacha Rostova) sufrirá un dramático cambio. Antes, los aristócratas, la gente corriente y los siervos vivían en mundos completamente diferentes. Ahora, la necesidad de defender la patria los ha convertido en compañeros de armas.
Voyna i mir I: Andrey Bolkonskiy
Director of Photography
La primera película de una adaptación en cuatro partes de la novela de Leo Tolstoy de 1869. En San Petersburgo de 1805, Pierre Bezukhov, el hijo ilegítimo de un rico noble, es presentado a la alta sociedad. Su amigo, el príncipe Andrei Bolkonsky, se une al Ejército Imperial Ruso como ayudante de campo del general Mikhail Kutuzov en la Guerra de la Tercera Coalición contra Napoleón.
Five Days, Five Nights
Director of Photography
Five Days, Five Nights (Fünf Tage, Fünf Nächte) takes place in Dresden in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. While Dresden is in ruins, over two thousand paintings by artists including Rembrandt, Raphael, Rubens, Giorgione, and Vermeer have disappeared from the city’s Old Masters Picture Gallery. Red Army captain Leonov and his soldiers have been ordered to recover the lost paintings. During the next five days, Dresden’s residents join the search for the collection. A secret Nazi document offers a first lead…
The Communist
Director of Photography
A young ordinary communist, Vasiliy Gubanov, was among many who took part in the construction of the most important facility for the young republic, the power plant. He did his job in a way that was beyond human ability. He could love, too, with a passion and a passion for self, but his life was cut short very early.
Urok istorii
Director of Photography
Admiral Ushakov
Camera Operator
Historical epic about the legendary Russian naval commander of the 18th century, admiral Fyodor Ushakov, and his fight for Crimea during the Russo-Turkish War.
Rainis
Director of Photography
A biopic of Rainis (born as Jānis Pliekšāns), a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician, whose works had a profound influence on the literary Latvian language, and the ethnic symbolism he employed in his major works has been central to Latvian nationalism.
The Tale of the
Camera Operator
The film is about the exploit of the destroyer "Neistoviy", who fought during the Great Patriotic War on the Barents Sea.
The Great Glinka
Director of Photography
Zoya
Director of Photography
The true story of one of Russia's most beloved national heroines. During the Nazi siege of Moscow, a fearless 18-year-old girl named Zoya risked her life as a partisan fighter. Captured by the Germans, Zoya endured unspeakable tortures at the hands of the Gestapo but still refused to betray her comrades. Even on the gallows, Zoya defiantly spoke out against the Nazis and everything they stood for. In a series of flashbacks, this film re-creates not merely Zoya's death, but also her life.