Yefim Dzigan

Yefim Lvovich Dzigan (Ефим Львович Дзиган; 14 December 1898 – 31 December 1981) was a Soviet actor, film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1969).

Director

 * First Cornet Streshnev (1928, co-directed with Mikheil Chiaureli)
 * The Sailors of Kronstadt (1936)
 * If War Comes Tomorrow (1938)
 * Jambyl (1952)
 * Torrents of Steel (1967)

Awards

 * Two Orders of Lenin (1936 – for movie The Sailors of Kronstadt, 1978)
 * Stalin Prize, 2nd class (1941) – for movies The Sailors of Kronstadt and If War Comes Tomorrow
 * Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1958)
 * People's Artist of the RSFSR (1966)
 * Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1967, 1973)
 * People's Artist of the USSR (1969)