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Yakov Protazanov

Director · 67 credits · 6 in highly-rated films

Best known for Justice d'abord (1921)

Frequent collaborators: Vladimir Gardin

Directed movies (62 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Queen of Spades

    1916 · ★ 5.3 (18 votes)

    Horror, Drama, Fantasy

    31

  2. Petersburg Slums

    1915

    Drama, Adventure

    32

  3. The Man from the Restaurant

    1927 · ★ 5.0 (9 votes)

    Drama

    33

  4. A Narrow Escape

    1920 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)

    Romance, Adventure, Comedy

    34

  5. On the Strangeness of Love

    1936 · ★ 4.8 (4 votes)

    Comedy

    35

  6. Christmas in Trench Lines

    1914 · ★ 4.5 (1 votes)

    War

    36

  7. Musical Moment

    1913 · ★ 3.0 (2 votes)

    Music

    37

  8. The Forty-First

    1927 · ★ 4.7 (14 votes)

    War

    38

  9. Seventh Graders

    1938

    Family

    39

  10. A Chopin Nocturne

    1913

    40

  11. I'm Gonna Hitch Three Fast Dark Brown Horses

    1916

    Drama

    41

  12. The Dagger Woman

    1916

    Drama

    42

  13. For The Honor of the Russian Banner

    1913

    Drama, War

    43

  14. Song About the Prophetic Oleg

    1912

    Fantasy, History

    44

  15. Dance of Death

    1917

    Drama, Horror

    45

  16. Convict's Song

    1911

    Drama

    46

  17. The Prosecutor

    1917

    Drama

    47

  18. Little Ellie

    1918

    Drama, Crime

    48

  19. The Child of Another

    1919

    Drama

    49

  20. She Seeked Happiness So Madly, So Passionately

    1916

    Drama

    50

  21. The Queen's Secret

    1919

    Comedy

    51

  22. Sashka The Seminarian

    1915

    Drama, Crime

    52

  23. And The Song Remained Unfinished

    1916

    Drama

    53

  24. Nikolay Stavrogin

    1915

    Drama

    54

  25. What the Violin Wept About

    1913

    Drama

    55

  26. Panna Meri

    1916

    Drama

    56

  27. Better Death than Dishonour

    1913

    Drama

    57

  28. Woman's Calvary

    1919

    Drama

    58

  29. How Beautiful And Fresh Were The Roses...

    1913

    Drama, History

    59

  30. Me And My Conscience

    1915

    Drama

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Sep 1, 2026.