Vladimir Barsky

Vladimir Gregoryevich "Goskino" Barsky (Владимир Григорьевич Барский; (1866–1936), was a Russian and Soviet director, screenwriter, actor and author of articles about theater.

He took part in the formation of the Turkmen and Uzbek cinematography.

Biography
He 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.

In 1921–1928 he was a director of the State Committee for Industry of Georgia, After 1928, he worked at film studios Sovkino, Mezhrabpomfilm, Uzbekkino, and Turkmenfilm.

He died on January 24, 1936, and is buried in Moscow.

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.

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
 * Don't 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