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Boris Volchek(1905-1974)

  • Cinematographer
  • Additional Crew
  • Director
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Boris Volchek was born on 6 December 1905 in Vitebsk, Russian Empire [now Vitsyebsk, Belarus]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Girl No. 217 (1945), Sekretnaya missiya (1950) and Russkiy vopros (1948). He died on 15 May 1974 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
BornDecember 6, 1905
DiedMay 15, 1974(68)
BornDecember 6, 1905
DiedMay 15, 1974(68)
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  • Awards
    • 3 wins total

Known for

Yelena Kuzmina and Lev Ofrosimov in Girl No. 217 (1945)
Girl No. 217
6.8
  • Cinematographer
  • 1945
Yelena Kuzmina and Boris Zelensky in Sekretnaya missiya (1950)
Sekretnaya missiya
5.8
  • Cinematographer
  • 1950
Vsevolod Aksyonov, Mikhail Astangov, and Mikhail Nazvanov in Russkiy vopros (1948)
Russkiy vopros
6.0
  • Cinematographer
  • 1948
The Commander of the Lucky Pike (1973)
The Commander of the Lucky Pike
6.6
  • Cinematographer
  • 1973

Credits

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Cinematographer

  • The Commander of the Lucky Pike (1973)
    The Commander of the Lucky Pike
    6.6
    • Cinematographer
    • 1973
  • Evgeniy Evstigneev, Semyon Morozov, Vladimir Nosik, and Igor Starygin in Obvinyayutsya v ubiystve (1969)
    Obvinyayutsya v ubiystve
    7.1
    • Cinematographer (as B. Volchik)
    • 1969
  • Ubiystvo na ulitse Dante (1956)
    Ubiystvo na ulitse Dante
    6.7
    • Cinematographer
    • 1956
  • Opasnye tropy (1955)
    Opasnye tropy
    5.5
    • Cinematographer
    • 1955
  • Yelena Kuzmina and Boris Zelensky in Sekretnaya missiya (1950)
    Sekretnaya missiya
    5.8
    • Cinematographer
    • 1950
  • Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1949)
    Vladimir Ilich Lenin
    6.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 1949
  • Vsevolod Aksyonov, Mikhail Astangov, and Mikhail Nazvanov in Russkiy vopros (1948)
    Russkiy vopros
    6.0
    • Cinematographer
    • 1948
  • The White Fang (1946)
    The White Fang
    7.1
    • studio
    • 1946
  • Yelena Kuzmina and Lev Ofrosimov in Girl No. 217 (1945)
    Girl No. 217
    6.8
    • Cinematographer
    • 1945
  • Mechta (1943)
    Mechta
    7.2
    • Cinematographer
    • 1943
  • Nikolay Kryuchkov in In the Name of the Motherland (1943)
    In the Name of the Motherland
    6.8
    • Cinematographer (as B. Volchek)
    • 1943
  • Ubiytsy vykhodyat na dorogu (1942)
    Ubiytsy vykhodyat na dorogu
    7.2
    • Cinematographer (as B. Volchek)
    • 1942
  • Anatoly Belsky in Lenin in 1918 (1939)
    Lenin in 1918
    6.4
    • Cinematographer
    • 1939
  • Lenin in October (1937)
    Lenin in October
    6.3
    • Cinematographer
    • 1937
  • V. Yakovlev in The Thirteen (1937)
    The Thirteen
    6.8
    • Cinematographer
    • 1937

Additional Crew

  • Utro (1975)
    Utro
    1.8
    Short
    • creative supervisor
    • 1975
  • Topchanskaya respublika
    Short
    • creative supervisor
    • 1973
  • Osenyu vstrechaemsya doma
    3.0
    Short
    • creative supervisor
    • 1972
  • Orlinyy ostrov (1961)
    Orlinyy ostrov
    5.4
    • consultant (as B. Volchek)
    • 1961

Director

  • The Commander of the Lucky Pike (1973)
    The Commander of the Lucky Pike
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Evgeniy Evstigneev, Semyon Morozov, Vladimir Nosik, and Igor Starygin in Obvinyayutsya v ubiystve (1969)
    Obvinyayutsya v ubiystve
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Sotrudnik ChK (1964)
    Sotrudnik ChK
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1964

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • B. Volchek
  • Born
    • December 6, 1905
    • Vitebsk, Russian Empire [now Vitsyebsk, Belarus]
  • Died
    • May 15, 1974
    • Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia](cardiac infarction)

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  • Trivia
    Taught Mikhail Vartanov at prestige Russian film school VGIK

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