Lev Kuleshov
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Birth Name: Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov
Born: 13 January 1899 Died: 29 March 1970
Country of origin: Russian Federation
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Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov (Russian: Лев Влади́мирович Кулешо́в; 13 January [O.S. 1 January] 1899 – 29 March 1970) was a Soviet filmmaker and film theorist who taught at and helped establish the world's first film school, the Moscow Film School.
Kuleshov may well be the very first film theorist as he was a leader in Soviet montage theory — developing his theories of editing before those of Sergei Eisenstein (briefly a student of Kuleshov) and Vsevolod Pudovkin. For Kuleshov, the essence of the cinema was editing, the juxtaposition of one shot with another. To illustrate this principle, he created w
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1. By the Law (1926)
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3. The Death Ray (1925)
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4. Engineer Prite's Project (1918)
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5. The Great Consoler (1933)
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1. By the Law (1926)
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2. The Great Consoler (1933)
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3. Sasha (1930)
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4. Horizon (1932)
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1. The Death Ray (1925)
Rating: | 4 want to see |

2. Engineer Prite's Project (1918)
Rating: | 6 Watched |

4. Pesn lyubvi nedopetaya (1918)
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5. Na krasnom fronte (1920)
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