Leonid Trauberg

Known for Directing

Leonid Trauberg's portrait

Details

Birthday: January 04, 1902

Deathday: November 13, 1990

Place of birth: Odessa, Russian Empire (Ukraine)

Biography

Leonid Zakharovich Trauberg was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1924 and 1961 and was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941. Trauberg was Jewish, and was fiercely attacked by Soviet authorities during the so-called "anti-cosmopolitan" period following World War II.