Lev Kuleshov

Soviet filmmaker and film theorist (1899–1970)

0.22body-of-work score · ranked #2096 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

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

Born
January 1, 1899 · Tambov
Died
March 29, 1970 · Moscow
Nationality
Russian Empire, Soviet Union
Work
film director, screenwriter, actor, inventor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Lev Kuleshov
Yevgeni Bauer · 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
    Po ZakonuПо закону

    1926 · Soviet Union · silent, drama, crime

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  2. 2
    The Great ConsolerВеликий утешитель

    1933 · Soviet Union · drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

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

  • 1918The Project of Engineer Prite
  • 1920On the Red Front
  • 1924The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
  • 1925Luch Smerti
  • 1926Po Zakonu
  • 1927Your Acquaintance
  • 1929The Happy Canary
  • 1929Two-Buldi-Two
  • 1931Forty Hearts
  • 1932Horizon
  • 1933The Great Consoler
  • 1934Theft of Sight
  • 1936Dokhunda
  • 1940Siberians
  • 1942Oath of Timur
  • 1943We from the Urals