Vera Stroyeva
Born
Vera Pavlovna Richter

(1903-09-21)21 September 1903
Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died26 August 1991(1991-08-26) (aged 87)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1927–1983

Vera Pavlovna Stroyeva (Russian: Ве́ра Па́вловна Стро́ева, (née Richter);[1] 21 September 1903 – 26 August 1991) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter.[2] Between 1926 and 1983, she directed fifteen films and wrote ten screenplays.[1] Her film adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov was nominated for a Golden Lion at the 16th Venice International Film Festival and screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[3][4] Many of her films are musicals or adaptations of operas and feature heavy influence from socialist realism.[4]

Stroyeva was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples, Order of the Badge of Honor, Honored Worker of the Arts of the Kazakh SSR [ru], and People's Artist of the RSFSR.[1]

She died in Moscow on 26 August 1991.[5]

Filmography

Film Year Director Writer
Buket fialok 1983 Yes No
Serdtse Rossii 1971 Yes Yes
My, russkiy narod 1966 Yes Yes
Khovanshchina 1959 Yes Yes
Polyushko, pole 1957 Yes No
Variety Stars 1954 Yes No
Boris Godunov 1954 Yes Yes
The Grand Concert 1951 Yes No
Maryte 1947 Yes No
Boyevoy kinosbornik 12 (segment "Syn boytsa/Son of a Fighter") 1942 Yes No
V poiskakh radosti 1940 Yes No
Generation of Victors 1936 Yes Yes
Petersburg Nights 1934 Yes Yes
Chelovek bez futlyara 1932 Yes Yes
Pravo ottsov 1931 Yes Yes
A Jew at War 1930 No Yes
Dve zhenshchiny 1929 No Yes
His Excellency 1928 No Yes
Seeds of Freedom 1928 No Yes
Gospoda Skotininy (scenario) 1927 No Yes

Awards

Award Year Won
People's Artist of the RSFR 1973 Won
Golden Lion 1955 Nominated
Mussolini Cup 1935 Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b c "Строева, Вера Павловна". PeopleLife.Ru. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. ^ Peter Rollberg (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 712–713. ISBN 1442268425.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Boris Godunov". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  4. ^ a b Rollberg, Peter. Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008. ISBN 0810862689.
  5. ^ "Строева Вера Павловна". Онлайн-кинотеатр "Мосфильма" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.

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