David Blok

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Soviet composer, sound engineer and conductor. Organizer (1941) and first head of the State Orchestra of the USSR Ministry of Cinematography. Honored Artist of the Tajik SSR (1940). He began his creative career in 1905 as a conductor of an orchestra accompanying silent films. Studied at the Rostov Conservatory (1913-1918). During the silent film period, he led orchestras in major cinemas, scoring silent films and composing music for them. Since 1930, he began working in sound films (in 1931-1947 - sound designer and sound engineer). Since 1938, he was also a conductor at the Soyuzdetfilm film studio, in 1948 - Mosfilm. Conducted the premiere of the Second Suite by S.S. Prokofiev from Romeo and Juliet. David Blok wrote and edited music for more than 200 films. He was a member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee. He was buried at the Vostryakovsky cemetery.

Most Popular David Blok Trailers

Total trailers found: 42

In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze Trailer (1937)

25 December 1937

The film is about the life and work of Grigory Ordzhonikidze Konstantinoviche, an important personality in both the Communist Party and the Soviet state.

Shepherd and Czar Trailer (1935)

24 March 1935

Inspired by communist slogans, a simple shepherd named Ivan takes part in the Russian Civil War and becomes a decorated officer of the Red Army.

St. Jorgen's Day Trailer (1930)

25 August 1930

The priests, stock market officials, and police conspire to squeeze income out of pilgrims come to see relics of a Christ like figure.

Aleksandr Pokryshkin Trailer (1945)

31 January 1945

Aleksandr Pokryshkin

The White Fang Trailer (1946)

06 June 1946

According to the story by Jack London. The history of the wild wolf, who picked up the boy and raised an Indian.

A Captain at Fifteen Trailer (1945)

06 June 1945

A classic movie based on a famous "Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen" novel by Jules Verne.

Once There Was a Girl Trailer (1944)

18 December 1944

Woven around the daily lives of two children, nine-year-old Nastenka and five-year-old Katia, this is a story of the 17 months' siege of Leningrad and of the people and families shattered by the war, their homes bombed and destroyed, their lives in a constant anticipation of the advancing German army and air raids.

The Taras Family Trailer (1945)

15 October 1945

A semi-sequel to Donskoi's Raduga (1944), the story is set in Nazi-occupied Kiev. The drama focusses on the travails of a typical Soviet family and on the efforts by the Germans to force the reopening of a local munitions factory.

Kashchey the Immortal Trailer (1944)

15 January 1944

A beautiful maiden, Marya Morevna, gives her prospective husband, the mighty warrior Nikita Kozhemyaka, three riddles to solve before she'll marry him.

Glorious Path Trailer (1949)

20 April 1949

A girl from a small village goes to the big city to realize her dream of driving trains.

A Border on Lock Trailer (1937)

11 November 1937

A border guards are hunting a spy infiltrated to the USSR.

Private Aleksandr Matrosov Trailer (1947)

12 May 1947

The film is about the exploit of a nineteen-year-old soldier of the Great Patriotic War - Alexander Matrosov, who covered the embrasure of the enemy's bunker with his body.

The Land of the Lion and Sun Trailer (1928)

01 January 1928

The 41-minute documentary directed by Vladimir Yerofeyev, is a 1928 Russian production. 'The Land of the Lion and Sun' has recorded different moments of Iranian people’s social life, the country’s general ambience, women’s clothing in the year 1921.

The Humpbacked Horse Trailer (1941)

31 July 1941

Surreal Soviet fantasy movie about a man whose love is kidnapped by the Tsar and he must save her with the help of a humpbacked horse.

Military Secret Trailer (1945)

12 March 1945

The Second World War. A new L-2 heavy duty gun is being supplied to the Soviet Army. German intelligence needs to seize a new secret weapon.

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky Trailer (1938)

27 September 1938

Young Maxim grows up under the czarist regime with his grandparents as guardians. Continually demeaned by his martinet grandfather, Maxim is drawn to his warm-hearted grandmother, who instills in him the willingness to pursue his writing muse.

A Gift From the Motherland Trailer (1943)

25 May 1943

The concert film is a gift from Uzbek art masters to Uzbek soldiers fighting on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War.

Loss of Feeling Trailer (1935)

17 April 1935

In an unnamed English-speaking capitalist land, a young engineer invents inexhaustible giant robots to replace the fragile human workers on high-volume assembly-lines, and soon finds his invention co-opted by the military-industrial complex.

It Happened in the Donbass Trailer (1945)

11 July 1945

The film is about the Soviet youth who fearlessly fight in the years of the Great Patriotic War against the Nazi invaders in the German-occupied Donbass and continue the work of their fathers, who in their time defended the Soviet Union.

Horizon Trailer (1932)

10 November 1932

A young Lyova travels with the hope of ascent from Czarist Russia to New York. Disappointed, he returns to the young Soviet Union and is glad to have found a simple work.

Zoya Trailer (1944)

23 November 1944

The true story of one of Russia's most beloved national heroines. During the Nazi siege of Moscow, a fearless 18-year-old girl named Zoya risked her life as a partisan fighter.

On the Strangeness of Love Trailer (1936)

01 April 1936

At a Crimean resort two friends try to pick up girls.

In the Rear of the Enemy Trailer (1941)

14 July 1941

During the Winter War three Soviet soldiers perform a risky recon mission.

Dark Is the Night Trailer (1945)

01 May 1945

A girl, working in a German commandant's office, saves two wounded Russian pilots sacrificing her own life.

My Apprenticeship Trailer (1939)

12 September 1939

Second entry in Ukrainian director Mark Donskoy's "Maxim Gorki" trilogy. Picking up where 1938's My Childhood left off, the story covers the years in Gorki's life when the future writer (Alexei Lyarsky) was on his own, looking for a purpose and place in life.

Torn Boots Trailer (1933)

17 December 1933

Working with children led Barskaya to create superb direct sound and an inspired style of shooting. Don’t look for conventional cinematic syntax here.

Yakov Sverdlov Trailer (1940)

12 December 1940

Story on the life and work of the first chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov.

The Disappearance of "Eagle" Trailer (1941)

15 January 1941

In the fall of 1920, when the Red Army fought on the outskirts of Novorossiysk, one of the best ships of the Russian fleet “Oryol” stood at the berths of the port.

Treasure Island Trailer (1937)

20 December 1937

An adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" with drastic changes to the plot. A group of English rebels searches for pirate's treasures to buy weapons for the civil war.

I'll Be Back Trailer (1935)

01 January 1935

It was based on a poem "Batrak" by Oraz Tachnazarov. Batrak Kurban is denied to get married with his beloved since the girl’s father, a serf, depends on a wealthy landlord.

All-Union Parade of Athletes in 1947 Trailer (1947)

07 November 1947

Incident on a Volcano Trailer (1941)

22 March 1941

Andrei Latonin had jumped with a parachute many times before, but on the day of the holiday he got scared and stayed in the cockpit of the plane.

House of the Dead Trailer (1932)

09 April 1932

Soviet film based on Dostoevsky's autobiographical novel of his prison experiences in Tsarist days.

The Air Mail Trailer (1939)

29 December 1939

The medications need to be delivered to the settlement in the Far North. Pilot Nastya Koroleva, despite the storm, is planning to fly.

Siberian Patrol Trailer (1931)

01 April 1931

The story of a British POW who converts to communism.

Liberated France Trailer (1944)

01 January 1944

A Soviet documentary surveying the liberation of France, from D-Day landings and partisan actions to the entry into Paris.

An Elephant and a Rope Trailer (1945)

21 December 1945

All the girls of one of the Moscow houses can tirelessly jump over a skipping rope. But little Lida did: can't learn to jump.

A Family Trailer (1943)

16 October 1943

The film is about the Soviet People's patriotism and friendship.

Crimean Conference Trailer (1945)

13 July 1945

The Crimean (Yalta) conference of the leaders of the three powers - allies in the Anti-Hitler coalition was held from February 4 to February 11, 1945 in the Livadia Palace near Yalta.

Victory in the South Trailer (1944)

01 September 1944

The film is about the encirclement and defeat of the Iasi-Kishinev group of German troops during the Second World War by Soviet troops.

Diary of a Revolutionist Trailer (1932)

29 February 1932

The secret police agent finds that factory director wife is counterrevolutionary but dies from the heart attack.

Liberation of Vilnius Trailer (1944)

01 August 1944

On July 13, 1944, Vilnius was completely liberated from the Nazi invaders.