| Vera Stroyeva | |
| Birth Name: | Vera Pavlovna Richter |
| Birth Date: | 1903 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Death Place: | Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Occupation: | Film director, screenwriter |
| Yearsactive: | 1927–1983 |
Vera Pavlovna Stroyeva (Russian: link=no|Ве́ра Па́вловна Стро́ева, (née Richter);[1] 21 September 1903 - 26 August 1991) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter.[2] Between 1926 and 1983, she directed fifteen films and wrote ten screenplays. Her film adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov was nominated for a Golden Lion at the 16th Venice International Film Festival and screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[3] [4] Many of her films are musicals or adaptations of operas and feature heavy influence from socialist realism.
Stroyeva was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples, Order of the Badge of Honor,, and People's Artist of the RSFSR.
She died in Moscow on 26 August 1991.[5]
| Film | Year | Director | Writer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buket fialok | 1983 | |||
| Serdtse Rossii | 1971 | |||
| My, russkiy narod | 1966 | |||
| Khovanshchina | 1959 | |||
| Polyushko, pole | 1957 | |||
| Variety Stars | 1954 | |||
| 1954 | ||||
| The Grand Concert | 1951 | |||
| Maryte | 1947 | |||
| Boyevoy kinosbornik 12 (segment "Syn boytsa/Son of a Fighter") | 1942 | |||
| V poiskakh radosti | 1940 | |||
| Generation of Victors | 1936 | |||
| Petersburg Nights | 1934 | |||
| Chelovek bez futlyara | 1932 | |||
| Pravo ottsov | 1931 | |||
| A Jew at War | 1930 | |||
| Dve zhenshchiny | 1929 | |||
| 1928 | ||||
| Seeds of Freedom | 1928 | |||
| Gospoda Skotininy (scenario) | 1927 |
| Award | Year | Won | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | |||
| Golden Lion | 1955 | ||
| Mussolini Cup | 1935 |