Fridrikh Ermler

Soviet film director (1898–1967)

1.50body-of-work score · ranked #639 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library

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

Born
May 1, 1898 · Rēzekne
Died
July 12, 1967 · Saint Petersburg
Nationality
Russian Empire, Soviet Union
Work
film director, screenwriter, film actor, theatre designer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Fridrikh Ermler
AnonymousUnknown author · 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
    The Turning PointВеликий перелом

    1945 · Soviet Union · drama, war

    Palme d'Or winner 1946

    1.501 citation

Complete filmography

All 16 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1924Скарлатина (фильм)
  • 1926Katka's Reinette Apples
  • 1926Les Enfants de la tempête
  • 1928The House in the Snow-Drifts
  • 1928The Parisian Cobbler
  • 1929Fragment of an Empire
  • 1932Counterplan
  • 1935Peasants
  • 1938The Great Citizen
  • 1943She Defends the Motherland
  • 1945The Turning Point
  • 1950The Great Force
  • 1953Zvanyy uzhin
  • 1955Unfinished Story
  • 1958Den' pervyj
  • 1964The Verdict of History