Naum Birman is an outstanding theater and film director. During his career, Birman made some films, only twelve. But what! “Three in a boat, not counting the dogs” and “The Chronicles of the Dive Bomber” are considered classics of Soviet cinema. It is about them that will be described in detail in the article below.
From under his arm came the script for The Chronicles, as well as the feature film The Third Dimension, directed by Vilen Novak.
Biography
Birman Naum Borisovich was born in Leningrad on May 19, 1924. At the age of eighteen he joined the army, where from 1942 to 1948 he served as an actor of the Karalsky concert brigade at the Kirov House of Culture in besieged Leningrad, in the ensemble of border troops and the Petrozavodsk musical comedy theater.
He graduated from the Ostrovsky Leningrad Theater Institute with a degree in actor in 1951, and four years later, the same institute as a director.
Since 1956, he worked as a director and actor in the theaters of Leningrad and as the director of the performances of A. Raikin. Since 1965, Naum Birman has been the director of the Lenfilm film studio.
Birman was married twice, he left three sons.
Naum Borisovich died on September 19, 1989 at the age of 65.
Of the awards, the director was awarded the medal "For Military Merit!" in 1944 for participating in the Second World War. Birman never received any titles associated with creative activity.
The full filmography includes the following paintings:
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1989).
- “Sunday Papa” (1985).
- “Black and White Magic” (1983).
- “We faced death” (1980).
- “Trace on the Earth” (1979).
- “Three in a boat, not counting a dog” (TV, 1979).
- “Step Toward” (1975).
- “I Serve On The Border” (1973).
- "The teacher of singing" (1972).
- “Magic Power” (TV, 1970).
- "Chronicle of a dive bomber" (1967).
- The Accident (1965).
The film "Crash"
"Crash" - the first film by Naum Birman, released in 1965. This is a black and white psychological detective, filmed in conjunction with director Alexander Abramov.
The plot unfolds around the driver Panachuk, who, being clearly something excited, goes to the regional center, while picking up unfamiliar passengers along the way. Arriving in Gorsk, a policeman approaches him at the beer stall, to whom the driver told that he saw a local doctor driving a crashed Zhiguli. Later, an anonymous letter arrives in the name of the young prosecutor stating that Panachuk was the culprit of the accident, which, while in a state of intoxication, killed a doctor. But this anonymous letter was written by the neighbor of the prosecutor, Ivan Yermolaevich, who was one of those companions brought up by Panachuk to Gorsk. After that, the young prosecutor quickly develops the version of the murder through negligence, without delving into the essence of the matter, but the investigator subordinate to him is not in a hurry to accuse the driver, but continues the investigation.
"Chronicle of a dive bomber"
The second film by Naum Birman, who earned a lot of positive reviews.
The film was shot on the basis of the novel of the same name by Vladimir Kunin. The story tells of young children, even yesterday’s schoolchildren, who are now at the front-line airfield. On this day there is a period of calm - there is fog, and the planes do not fly. For a successful reversal of hostilities, you need to do one little thing - to find and photograph the enemy airfield. But the mission did not work out either on the first or second attempt. The filmmakers were advised by Soviet pilots, Major General Anpilov and Colonel Evdokimov.
"Three in a boat, not counting a dog"
A television film in the genre of musical comedy was created in 1979 based on the novel of the same name by Jerome Klapka Jerome. The film is noteworthy in that the actor Andrei Mironov played six roles at once.
The central figures of the plot are three comrades: Gee, George and Harris, who, tired of idleness, decided to go on a trip in a boat on the River Thames. Along with them, a Fox Terrier breed named Montmorensa set off on their journey. But on the journey, the heroes met three girls who, like them, set off on a journey.
In the course of events, friends fall in love with the ladies, and those in them. The plot of the film is significantly different from the book in which no women protagonists met on the way. And George, according to the plot of the book, remained a bachelor.