- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 29, 1906
- Place of Birth
- Odessa, Russian Empire
- Died
- April 29, 1979
Roman Karmen
Roman Karmen (1906–1978) was a pioneering Soviet film director, war cinematographer, documentary filmmaker, journalist, screenwriter, pedagogue, and publicist. Born Efraim Leyzorovich Korenman, Karmen became one of the most prominent figures in Soviet cinema, known for his exceptional contributions to war documentation and his ability to capture history in the making. He began his career as a journalist before transitioning to filmmaking, where his early work focused on documenting revolutionary events and political developments. Karmen's most notable contributions were as a war cinematographer during the Spanish Civil War and World War II, where he filmed key moments from the frontlines, including the Soviet Union’s involvement in the Spanish war and the Nazi invasions. He was a close collaborator with Soviet authorities and a key figure in Soviet newsreels, documenting not only the war…
Filmography
movieFilmmakers for the Prosecution
2023 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieWith Roman Karmen. Travel in the Youth
2006 · Archive footage
Roman Karmen - Un cinéaste au service de la révolution
movieRoman Karmen - Un cinéaste au service de la révolution
2002 · self
movieRoman Karmen Whom We Do And Do Not Know
1987 · Archive footage
tvThe Unknown War
1978 · Director, Writer, Art Direction
movieDistant and Close Skies
1976 · Narrator
movieGrenada, Grenada, My Grenada
1975 · Director
movieBlazing Continent
1972 · Writer, Director
Двадцать пятый сентябрь
movieДвадцать пятый сентябрь
1969 · Director
movieComrade Berlin
1969 · Director, Writer
Death of the Commissary
movieDeath of the Commissary
1966 · Director
movieWorld Without a Game
1966 · Self (archive footage)
movieCinerama's Russian Adventure
1966 · Director
movieThe Great Patriotic War
1965 · Director, Writer
movieThe Magic Beam
1963 · Writer, Director
movieGuest from the Island of Freedom
1963 · Director
movieTo Die in Madrid
1963 · Archival Footage Coordinator
movieIsland Ablazed
1961 · Director, Camera Operator, Writer
movieSea Conquerors
1959 · Director, Writer
Great Is My Country
movieGreat Is My Country
1958 · Director, Writer
movieVietnam
1955 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
movieThe Caspian Story
1953 · Director, Writer, Camera Operator
movieUSSR Air Fleet Day
1952 · Camera Operator
movieNuremberg Trials
1946 · Director
Албания
movieАлбания
1946 · Director, Director of Photography
movieFilm Documents of the Atrocities of the German Fascist Invaders
1946 · Camera Operator
movieThe Fall of Berlin
1945 · Camera Operator
Albania
movieAlbania
1945 · Director
movieMajdanek - Cemetery of Europe
1944 · Camera Operator
movieLeningrad in Struggle
1943 · Director
movieOryol Battle
1943 · Additional Photography
To Protect Native Moscow
movieTo Protect Native Moscow
1942 · Camera Operator
movieOne Day in Soviet Russia
1941 · Director, Director of Photography
movieChina Is Fighting
1941 · Director
movieOur Cinema
1940 · (archive footage)
movieSpain
1939 · Director
movieSpain 1936
1937 · Camera Operator
K Sobytijam v Ispanii
movieK Sobytijam v Ispanii
1936 · Director
Moskva–Karakum–Moskva
movieMoskva–Karakum–Moskva
1933 · Director