Komsomolsk \ City Of Youth 1938 Soviet Russian Social Drama Film Movie Poster
Original Russian film title (on the poster). Released title for English speaking countries. IN: 25 ¼ x 40 = CM: 64 x 102. Original vintage Soviet large format movie poster for the film. " Komsomolsk " - is a Soviet black-and-white feature film staged at the Lenfilm studio in 1938 by director Sergei Gerasimov. Dedicated to one of the labor exploits of the first five-year plans - the construction of the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
The premiere of the film in the USSR took place on May 1, 1938. Part of the filming took place in the village under construction in those years at the 8th state district power station. Nevdubstroy (now Kirovsk, Leningrad Region). In 1932, the party and the government decided to create a city of youth on the banks of the Amur. The glorious sons of the Leninist Komsomol responded to the party's call.
The future city was named... The first group of Komsomol volunteers is sailing to the wild shores of the Amur on the Columbus steamer. They will have to build a whole city in the taiga in the shortest possible time.
And a continuous work shift begins: uprooting the forest, laying the first houses, the arrival of the first train along the still under construction branch from Volochaevka... The film was partially filmed on the spot, with extras from local residents who actually played themselves. He was born in 1915 in Moscow into a family of musicians. His father, Karaim Iosif Savelyevich Shamash, a violinist, played at the Evpatoria Theater.
Mother - Maria Shamash, pianist. As a child he showed interest in drawing. Later, for three years, he took painting and drawing lessons from the famous artist RR Falk. After the beginning of the Great Patriotic War he was mobilized.
He served in the art workshop of the Red Army House. Title - foreman, position - artist. He worked on the design of visual agitation for parts of the front in the air defense forces, in particular, on the illustrations to the book "Memoir of Moscow", intended for the air defense units of the capital.
From 1946 he worked as a poster artist in the Reklamfilm workshop. Author of about 500 movie posters, including films by A. Heifitz ("Lady with a Dog"), M. Bondarchuk ("War and Peace") , etc. Shamash's works were exhibited at all-Union and international exhibitions. At the same time he was a journalist. He was a member of the MOSH, the Union of Journalists and the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR. He also collaborated with the State Joint Stock Company "Intourist". This item is in the category "Art\Art Posters".posters" and is located in this country: US.- Size: Large
- Region of Origin: México, Mexico
- Handmade: No
- Artist: SHAMASH ALEKSANDER IOSIFOVICH
- Framing: Unframed
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Ukraine
- Featured Person/Artist: Heart
- Custom Bundle: No
- Style: Vintage, Socrealism, Socialist Realism, Art Deco, Russian
- Item Height: 25 in
- Item Width: 40 in
- Material: Paper
- Theme: Film, Advertising, Animation, Art, Conflicts & Wars, History, Militaria, Movies, Music, Social History, Sports
- Personalize: No
- Type: Poster
- Title: CITY OF YOUTH
- Features: 1st Edition, Limited Edition
- Subject: Film, Art, Movies, History, Family, Women
- Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No
- Culture: USSR
- Item Length: 40 in
- Signed: No
- Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
- Year of Production: 1965
- Unit of Sale: Single Piece