Valentin Konstantinovich Turkin (Russian: Валентин Константинович Туркин; 6 February 1887 – 10 January 1958) was a screenwriter, film critic, and film theorist active in the Soviet Union.[1]

Valentin Turkin
Born6 February 1887
Died10 January 1958 (age 70)
Occupation(s)screenwriter, film critic, teacher
Years active1915-1958 (film)
AwardsOrder of the Red Banner of Labour (1944)

Turkin was a founder of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Youngblood p.90

Bibliography

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  • Youngblood, Denise. Movies for the Masses: Popular Cinema and Soviet Society in the 1920s. Cambridge University Press, 1993.
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