Vladimir Gregoryevich "Goskino" Barsky (Russian: Владимир Григорьевич Барский; 15 March 1866 – 24 January 1936) was a Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter, actor and author of articles about theatre.
Barsky also took part in the formation of the Turkmen and Uzbek cinematography.
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Life and career
Barsky was born in 1866 in Moscow to a Russian family. He graduated from the Moscow real school (1885) and Imperial Moscow Technical School.
He started directing and acting in 1892 in a number of theaters. In 1899–1917, he worked as a director and actor of a drama theater in Ivanovo. In 1917–1921, he worked in the People's House in Tbilisi.
From 1921 to 1928 he was a director of the State Committee for Industry of Georgia, After 1928, he worked at film studios Sovkino, Mezhrabpomfilm, Uzbekkino, and Turkmenfilm.
Barsky died in Moscow on 24 January 1936, at the age of 69. He was buried at Donskoy Cemetery in the city.
Creativity
Together with the scriptwriter G. Arustanov he worked on a series of films under the general title "Iron penal servitude", which were supposed to show the revolutionary past of Georgia. Two films were made: Nightmares of the Past (1925), which tells about the events of 1905 in Georgia, and At the Cost of Thousands (1925), which is about the events of 1916–1917 in Georgia.
Partial filmography
Actor
Battleship Potemkin - Golikov, commander
The Ninth Wave - Officer
Clockwork Bug - Jean, hairdresser, he's Uncle Vanya
Merchants of Glory - Major Blanchard, in the credits as G. Barsky
Shakir - Colonist
Nastenka Ustinova - Sudarikov
Pepo - Judge
Director
Decapitated Corpse
Tell me why?
Fire Worshipers
Do Not Sleep
Exile
Rogue Arsen
Iron Hard Labor
Nightmares of the Past
Lighthouse Mystery
Costing Thousands
The Ninth Wave
Princess Mary
Bela
Maksim Maksimych
Cossacks
Gul and Tolmaz (not completed)
Screenwriter
Tell Me Why?
Do Not Sleep
Fire Worshipers
Rogue Arsen
The Mystery of the Lighthouse
Princess Mary
Bela
Maxim Maksimych
Cossacks