Vsevolod Meyerhold

Vsevolod Meyerhold

Nascimento : 1874-01-28,

Morte : 1940-02-02

História

Vsevolod Emilevich Meyerhold, born Karl Kasimir Theodor Meierhold, was a Russian and Soviet theatre director, actor and theatrical producer. His provocative experiments dealing with physical being and symbolism in an unconventional theatre setting made him one of the seminal forces in modern international theatre. During the Great Purge, Meyerhold was arrested, tortured and executed in February 1940.

Perfil

Vsevolod Meyerhold

Filmes

Meyerhold's theatre and biomechanics
Russian actor and pedagogue, Gennadi Bogdanov, presents the most important etudes and principles of Vsevolod Meyerhold's Biomechanics. Includes archival photographs and film of Meyerhold's original work and also recent scenic work from Europe and the U.S. developed on the principles of bio-mechanics.
The White Eagle
The film is based on The Governor, a play by Leonid Andreyev. V.I. Kachalov plays the governor of a small Russian province who tries to treat the people under his authority with kindness and equanimity. But when a local factory goes on strike, the governor buckles under to pressure from the Tzar and orders the wholesale slaughter of the strikers. He pays for this betrayal of his trust with his life -- at the hands of a courageous Bolshevik spy.
The Strong Man
An early film by Vsevolod Meyerhold
The Strong Man
Director
An early film by Vsevolod Meyerhold
The Picture of Dorian Grey
Director
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
The Picture of Dorian Grey
Lord Henry Wotton
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.