Boris Barnet

Soviet film director, screenwriter (1902-1965)

0.39body-of-work score · ranked #1539 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
June 5, 1902 · Moscow
Died
January 8, 1965 · Riga
Nationality
Soviet Union
Work
actor, film director, screenwriter, film screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Boris Barnet
Soyuzdetfilm · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    By the Bluest of SeasУ самого синего моря

    1936 · Soviet Union · comedy, drama, romance

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #211

    0.391 citation

Complete filmography

All 24 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1926Miss Mend
  • 1927Moscow in October
  • 1927The Girl with the Hat Box
  • 1928The House on Trubnaya
  • 1930Zhivye dela
  • 1931The Thaw
  • 1933The Patriots
  • 1936By the Bluest of Seas
  • 1939The Night in September
  • 1940The Old Jockey
  • 1941Boyevoy kinosbornik 3
  • 1942A Good Lad
  • 1942Боевой киносборник № 10
  • 1945Dark Is the Night
  • 1947Secret Agent
  • 1948Pages of Life
  • 1951Generous Summer
  • 1952A Concert by masters of Ukrainian art
  • 1955Lyana
  • 1956The Poet
  • 1957The Wrestler and the Clown
  • 1959Annushka
  • 1962Alyonka
  • 1963The Small Railway Station