Evgeny Vakhtangov worked in film at a period when the medium itself was still changing shape.
The record lists Evgeny Vakhtangov as Russian actor and theatre director (1883-1922).
Evgeny Vakhtangov was born at Vladikavkaz in 1883. His recorded nationality is Russia. He trained at Lomonosov Moscow State University.
This was the silent era, when film was still proving it could carry a story at all and performers had to do it without a spoken word.
He worked as theatre director, film director and stage actor.
His name is attached above all to distinctive style of theatre, his most notable production being Princess Turandot in 1922. The screen flattens effort: a performance that took months reads as a few unhurried minutes.
That the work was made from Russia shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Evgeny Vakhtangov died in 1922, aged 39. The films remain, which is the only form in which a screen career survives.
Achievements
- Worked as theatre director, film director and stage actor
