Biography
Nikolay Pavlovich Akimov (Russian: Никола́й Па́влович Аки́мов; 16 April [O.S. 3 April] 1901 – 6 September 1968) was an experimental theatre director and scenic designer noted for his work with the Leningrad Comedy Theatre. His most notorious production was the cynical version of Hamlet (1932), with Ophelia as a drunken prostitute and the king's ghost as a clever mystification arranged by Hamlet. Akimov, who was the Comedy Theater director in 1935-1949 and 1956-1968, wrote several books, among them About Theater (О театре, 1962) and Not Just About Theater (Не только о театре, 1966), and was designated a People's Artist of the USSR in 1960.
Akimov was director of the New Theatre in Leningrad in the early 1950s.
The Saint Petersburg Comedy Theatre is named in his honour.
Filmography
all 9
Movies 9
Director 3
Writer 1
Пёстрые рассказы (1961)
Дело (1955)
Весна в Москве (1953)
Shadows (1953)
The School of Scandal (1952)
Cinderella (1947)
Kashchey the Immortal (1944)
Ill Nerves (1929)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1901-04-16
Deathday1968-09-06 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceKharkiv, Ukraine
CitizenshipsRussian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Russian Empire, Soviet Union
Also Known AsНиколай Акимов, Nikolay Akimov
AwardsHonored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, People's Artist of the Tajik SSR, Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad", Order of the Red Star, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, People's Artist of the USSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR
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