Mark Donskoy
Directing
Born: 1901-03-06 · Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Died: 1981-03-20
Biography
Mark Semyonovich Donskoy (6 March [O.S. 21 February] 1901 – 21 March 1981) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and studio administrative head. Donskoy was born in Odessa in a Jewish family. During the Civil War, he served in the Red Army (1921-1923), and was held captive by the White Russians for ten months. After he was freed, he was discharged from military service. He studied psychology and psychiatry at the Crimean Medical School. In 1925 he graduated from the legal department of the
🎬 Movies (24)
The Orlovs
1978
Director
Nadezhda
1973
Director
Mother's Loyalty
1966
Director
A Mother's Heart
1966
Director
Hello, Children!
1962
Director
Foma Gordeyev
1959
Director
The Horse That Cried
1957
Director
Mother
1956
Director
Alitet Leaves for the Hills
1949
Director
The Village Teacher
1947
Director
The Taras Family
1945
Director
Rainbow
1944
Director
How the Steel Was Tempered
1942
Director
Fighting Film Collection No. 9
1942
Director
The Romantics
1941
Director
My Universities
1940
Director
Brother of a Hero
1940
Producer
My Apprenticeship
1939
Director
The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
1938
Director
Song of Happiness
1934
Director
Price of a Man
1929
Director
His Excellency
1928
Editor
Prostitute
1927
Passerby
In the Big City
1927
Director