caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date birthname image article_title name occupation
fridrikh ermler 12 july 1967 komarovo , soviet union -lrb- now russia -rrb- rechitsa -rrb- , russian empire -lrb- now rēzekne , latvia 13 may 1898 vladimir markovich breslav fridrikh ermler.jpg fridrikh ermler
 fridrikh ermler film director , screenwriter
fridrikh ermler

fridrikh markovich ermler -lrb- ; born vladimir markovich breslav ; 13 may 1898 rēzekne -- 12 july 1967 leningrad -rrb- , was a soviet film director , actor , and screenwriter .
he was a four-time recipient of the stalin prize -lrb- in 1941 , twice in 1946 , and in 1951 -rrb- .
after studying pharmacology , he joined the czarist army in 1917 and soon took part in the october revolution on the side of the bolshevists .
captured and tortured by the white army , he only became a full party member at the end of the civil war .
from 1923 to 1924 ermler studied at the cinema academy .
in 1932 he took part in creating one of the first soviet talkies -- the movie `` vstrechny '' -lrb- `` the counterplan '' -rrb- .
he also was one of the founders of the creative association kem -lrb- together with e. ioganson -rrb- he was one of the main figures in the soviet propaganda movie industry whose main priority was glorifying stalin and his successful leadership in the country 's progress .
a memorial plaque was placed on the house in leningrad where he lived from 1930 to 1962 .
