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Samson Samsonov(1921-2002)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actor
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Samson Samsonov was born on 23 February 1921 in Novozybkov, Bryanskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR. He was a director and writer, known for The Grasshopper (1955), Optimisticheskaya tragediya (1963) and Milyy drug davno zabytykh let... (1996). He was married to Margarita Volodina. He died on 31 August 2002 in Moscow, Russia.
BornFebruary 23, 1921
DiedAugust 31, 2002(81)
BornFebruary 23, 1921
DiedAugust 31, 2002(81)
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  • Awards
    • 5 wins & 3 nominations total

Known for

Lyudmila Tselikovskaya and Boris Zelensky in The Grasshopper (1955)
The Grasshopper
6.9
  • Director(as s. Samsonov)
  • 1955
Optimisticheskaya tragediya (1963)
Optimisticheskaya tragediya
7.0
  • Director
  • 1963
Milyy drug davno zabytykh let... (1996)
Milyy drug davno zabytykh let...
5.6
  • Director
  • 1996
Much Ado About Nothing (1973)
Much Ado About Nothing
6.7
  • Director
  • 1973

Credits

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Director

  • Milyy drug davno zabytykh let... (1996)
    Milyy drug davno zabytykh let...
    5.6
    • Director
    • 1996
  • Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and Eduard Martsevich in Kazino (1992)
    Kazino
    5.5
    • directed by
    • 1992
  • Boris Khimichev, Evgeniy Paramonov, Elena Popova, Vladimir Soshalsky, and Yelena Stepanenko in Myshelovka (1990)
    Myshelovka
    6.1
    • directed by
    • 1990
  • Neprikayannyy (1989)
    Neprikayannyy
    4.8
    • Director
    • 1989
  • Evgeniy Dvorzhetskiy and Aleksandra Yakovleva in Tantsploshchadka (1986)
    Tantsploshchadka
    5.3
    • Director
    • 1986
  • Natalya Gundareva and Aleksandr Mikhaylov in Odinokim predostavlyaetsya obshchezhitiye (1984)
    Odinokim predostavlyaetsya obshchezhitiye
    6.8
    • Director
    • 1984
  • Vosmoe chudo sveta (1982)
    Vosmoe chudo sveta
    4.6
    • Director
    • 1982
  • Torgovka i poet (1979)
    Torgovka i poet
    4.5
    • Director
    • 1979
  • Zhuravl v nebe (1978)
    Zhuravl v nebe
    5.7
    • Director
    • 1978
  • Beshenoe zoloto (1977)
    Beshenoe zoloto
    5.9
    • Director
    • 1977
  • A Very English Murder (1974)
    A Very English Murder
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Much Ado About Nothing (1973)
    Much Ado About Nothing
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Kazhdyy vecher v odinnadtsat (1969)
    Kazhdyy vecher v odinnadtsat
    7.3
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Arena (1967)
    Arena
    5.6
    • Director
    • 1967
  • The Three Sisters (1964)
    The Three Sisters
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1964

Writer

  • Milyy drug davno zabytykh let... (1996)
    Milyy drug davno zabytykh let...
    5.6
    • Writer
    • 1996
  • Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and Eduard Martsevich in Kazino (1992)
    Kazino
    5.5
    • screenplay
    • 1992
  • Evgeniy Dvorzhetskiy and Aleksandra Yakovleva in Tantsploshchadka (1986)
    Tantsploshchadka
    5.3
    • Writer
    • 1986
  • Beshenoe zoloto (1977)
    Beshenoe zoloto
    5.9
    • Writer
    • 1977
  • Much Ado About Nothing (1973)
    Much Ado About Nothing
    6.7
    • screenplay
    • 1973
  • Arena (1967)
    Arena
    5.6
    • screenplay (as S. Samsonov)
    • 1967
  • The Three Sisters (1964)
    The Three Sisters
    7.0
    • Writer
    • 1964
  • Optimisticheskaya tragediya (1963)
    Optimisticheskaya tragediya
    7.0
    • writer (as S. Samsonov)
    • 1963
  • Lyudmila Tselikovskaya and Boris Zelensky in The Grasshopper (1955)
    The Grasshopper
    6.9
    • screenplay (as S. Samsonov)
    • 1955

Actor

  • Ya ne khochu snimatsya
    Short
    • Samson Samsonov
    • 1967

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • S. Samsonov
  • Born
    • February 23, 1921
    • Novozybkov, Bryanskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR
  • Died
    • August 31, 2002
    • Moscow, Russia(natural causes)
  • Spouse
    • Margarita Volodina1957 - 1970 (divorced, 1 child)

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