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Boris Vasilyevich Barnet was a Soviet film director, actor and screenwriter of British origin. He directed 27 films between 1927 and 1963.
Boris Barnet was born in Moscow. His grandfather Thomas Barnet was a printer who moved to the Russian Empire from Great Britain back in the 19th century. A student of the Moscow Art School, he joined the Red Army at age 16 and was then professionally involved in boxing. In 1927 he shot his first feature, a comedy film, The Girl with a Hatbox, starring Anna Sten. His 1928 melodramatic film The House on Trubnaya, starring Vera Maretskaya, was rediscovered in the mid-1990s and now ranks as one of the classic Russian silent films.
The roles that explain the career.
26 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Alyonka | Director | Film |
| 1959 | Annushka | Director | Film |
| 1957 | The Wrestler and the Clown | Director | Film |
| 1951 | Bountiful Summer | Director | Film |
| 1947 | Secret Agent | Gen. von Kühn | Film |
| 1947 | Secret Agent | Director | Film |
| 1946 | Sinegoriya | Arseniy Petrovich Gay | Film |
| 1945 | Dark Is the Night | Film | |
| 1945 | Dark Is the Night | Director | Film |
| 1942 | A Good Lad | Director | Film |
| 1939 | A Night in September | Film | |
| 1939 | A Night in September | Director | Film |
| 1936 | By the Bluest of Seas | Film | |
| 1936 | By the Bluest of Seas | Director | Film |
| 1933 | Outskirts | Film | |
| 1933 | Outskirts | Director | Film |
| 1933 | Outskirts | Writer | Film |
| 1931 | The Thaw | Director | Film |
| 1929 | The Living Corpse | Pickpocket | Film |
| 1928 | Storm Over Asia | English soldier, pipe smoker | Film |
| 1928 | The House on Trubnaya | passerby (uncredited) | Film |
| 1928 | The House on Trubnaya | Director | Film |
| 1927 | The Girl with the Hat Box | Director | Film |
| 1926 | The Three Million Trial | Journalist (uncredited) | Film |
| 1925 | Chess Fever | Cameo (uncredited) | Film |
| 1924 | The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks | Jeddy - The Cowboy | Film |
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