Pushkin is our everything! Including in cinematography. In February 2025, the premiere of another movie about the life of the genius poet will be released. This is the movie "Prophet. The Story of Alexander Pushkin" directed by Felix Umarov. We wrote about why Pushkin is one of the most important Russian literary figures in this article. And today we want to remember all the movies that were released about the poet's life. We counted 11 of them. On Pushkin's Memorial Day, we recommend watching something from this list.
Films about Pushkin's life in chronological order
- "The Life and Death of Pushkin.", 1910 г. Directed by Vasily Goncharov. Silent movie with shots from the poet's life to his last days after the fatal duel. The most the first movie about Pushkin's lifetaken before the revolution. Preserved in its entirety.
- "The poet and the king.", 1927. Directed by Evgeny Chervyakov, Vladimir Gardin. Mute feature film about the confrontation between Emperor Nicholas I and the poet.
- "The Poet's Youth.", 1937. Abram Naroditsky. The first movie about Pushkin with sound, released on the 100th anniversary of his death. Tells about the lyceum years of young Alexander Pushkin.
- "And with you I am with you again..."1982. Directed by Boris Galanter. The movie tells about the poet's life in St. Petersburg and the constant surveillance of his life.
- "The Last Road."1986. Directed by Leonid Menaker. The picture is based on the play "Alexander Pushkin" by M. Bulgakov. В movie shows an attempt to understand whether it was possible to prevent the tragedy and avoid a duel with Dantes.
- "The Day of the Full Moon."1998. Directed by Karen Shakhnazarov. The movie shows episodes of life of different, unrelated people. One of the stories describes Pushkin's meeting with a girl from the Kalmyk steppes.
- "Russian Ark"Director Alexander Sokurov, 2002. The movie presents Russian figures who influenced the history of the country. Among them is a narrative about Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin.
- "Pushkin: The Last Duel", 2006. Directed by Natalia Bondarchuk. Investigation film about the prerequisites of Pushkin's fatal duel with Dantes and his expulsion from Russia after the poet's death.
- "18-14", 2007. Directed by Andres Puustusmaa. A movie about the search for a maniac in Tsarskoye Selo during the years of study of the lyceum student Alexander Pushkin.
- "Save Pushkin.", 2017 г. Directed by Filipp Korshunov, Pavel Mirzoev. Comedy for teenagers with a fictional plot. Moscow schoolchildren travel back in time and try to prevent a duel between Pushkin and Dantes.
- "The Prophet. The Story of Alexander Pushkin.", 2025 г. Directed by Felix Umarov. A new reading of the great poet's life from his studies at the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum to his fatal duel (premiere on February 14, 2025).
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Conclusion
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