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Boris Barnet(1902-1965)

  • Director
  • Actor
  • Writer
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Boris Barnet
Boris Barnet was born on 18 June 1902 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a director and actor, known for The Adventures of the Three Reporters (1926), Secret Agent (1947) and Okraina (1933). He was married to Yelena Kuzmina, Natalia Glan, Alla Kazanskaya and Valentina Barnet. He died on 8 January 1965 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia].
BornJune 18, 1902
DiedJanuary 8, 1965(62)
BornJune 18, 1902
DiedJanuary 8, 1965(62)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win total

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Known for

The Adventures of the Three Reporters (1926)
The Adventures of the Three Reporters
6.9
  • Director
  • 1926
Secret Agent (1947)
Secret Agent
6.7
  • Director(as B. Barnet)
  • 1947
Izrail Bograd in Okraina (1933)
Okraina
7.1
  • Director
  • 1933
By the Bluest of Seas (1936)
By the Bluest of Seas
6.9
  • Director
  • 1936

Credits

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Director

  • Polustanok (1963)
    Polustanok
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1963
  • Alyonka (1962)
    Alyonka
    7.3
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Annushka (1959)
    Annushka
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1959
  • The Wrestler and the Clown (1957)
    The Wrestler and the Clown
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Izolda Izvitskaya, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Vsevolod Larionov, and Sergey Dvoretskiy in Poet (1957)
    Poet
    6.5
    • Director (as B. Barnet)
    • 1957
  • Lyana (1955)
    Lyana
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1955
  • Ukrainian Concert Hall (1952)
    Ukrainian Concert Hall
    3.7
    • Director
    • 1952
  • Bountiful Summer (1951)
    Bountiful Summer
    5.3
    • Director
    • 1951
  • Stranitsy zhizni (1948)
    Stranitsy zhizni
    6.2
    • Director (as B. Barnet)
    • 1948
  • Secret Agent (1947)
    Secret Agent
    6.7
    • Director (as B. Barnet)
    • 1947
  • Dark Is the Night (1945)
    Dark Is the Night
    6.9
    • Director (as B. Barnet)
    • 1945
  • Novgorodtsy (1943)
    Novgorodtsy
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Nikolay Khomov in Boyevoy kinosbornik 10 (1942)
    Boyevoy kinosbornik 10
    6.6
    • Director (segment "Bestsennaya golova/Priceless Head, A")
    • 1942
  • Boyevoy kinosbornik 3 (1941)
    Boyevoy kinosbornik 3
    6.2
    • Director (segment "Muzhestvo/Manhood")
    • 1941
  • Staryy naezdnik (1940)
    Staryy naezdnik
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1940

Actor

  • Secret Agent (1947)
    Secret Agent
    6.7
    • Gen. von Kühn (as B. Barnet)
    • 1947
  • Sinegoriya (1946)
    Sinegoriya
    5.7
    • Arseniy Petrovich Gay (as B. Barnet)
    • 1946
  • Dark Is the Night (1945)
    Dark Is the Night
    6.9
    • Belts kommandant
    • 1945
  • Izrail Bograd in Okraina (1933)
    Okraina
    7.1
    • Appearing (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • Proryv!
    Short
    • 1930
  • Vsevolod Pudovkin, Grigory Borisov, and Pyotr Zhukov in The Living Corpse (1929)
    The Living Corpse
    7.1
    • Sailor in tavern
    • 1929
  • I. Dedintsev, Valéry Inkijinoff, Leonid Obolensky, and Anel Sudakevich in Storm Over Asia (1928)
    Storm Over Asia
    6.9
    • Angliyskis soldat (uncredited)
    • 1928
  • The House on Trubnaya Square (1928)
    The House on Trubnaya Square
    7.2
    • (uncredited)
    • 1928
  • Moskva v oktyabre (1927)
    Moskva v oktyabre
    6.1
    • 1927
  • The Adventures of the Three Reporters (1926)
    The Adventures of the Three Reporters
    6.9
    • Barnet, a reporter
    • 1926
  • Na vernom sledu
    • 1925
  • José Raúl Capablanca, Vladimir Fogel, and Anna Selivanova in Chess Fever (1925)
    Chess Fever
    7.1
    Short
    • Cameo (uncredited)
    • 1925
  • The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (1924)
    The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
    6.4
    • Jeddy - the cowboy
    • 1924

Writer

  • Polustanok (1963)
    Polustanok
    6.9
    • writer
    • 1963
  • Lyana (1955)
    Lyana
    6.3
    • Writer
    • 1955
  • Ukrainian Concert Hall (1952)
    Ukrainian Concert Hall
    3.7
    • writer
    • 1952
  • Izrail Bograd in Okraina (1933)
    Okraina
    7.1
    • screenplay
    • 1933
  • The Adventures of the Three Reporters (1926)
    The Adventures of the Three Reporters
    6.9
    • Writer
    • 1926

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • B. Barnet
  • Born
    • June 18, 1902
    • Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
  • Died
    • January 8, 1965
    • Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia](suicide)
  • Spouses
      Yelena Kuzmina1928 - 1936 (divorced)

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  • Trivia
    Had a medical career before turning to film work.

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