Biography

Lev Arnshtam was born on January 15, 1905 in Katerynoslav, Katerynoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Dnipro, Ukraine]. He was a writer and director, known for The Great Glinka (1946), Zoya (1944) and Romeo & Juliet (1955). He died on December 26, 1979 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].

Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1961