Boris Barnet

Boris Vasilyevich Barnet was a Soviet film director, actor and screenwriter of British origin. He directedfilms 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 ageand 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 mid1990s and now ranks as one of the classic Russian silent films.

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