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- Semyon Solomonovich Mandel (Russian: Семен Соломонович Мандель, 27 October 1907 – 19 September 1974) was a prominent Soviet/Russian theatre and film production designer and art director. He was named an Honored Art Worker of the USSR in 1969, and received the USSR State Prize in 1948. Mandel worked extensively as a scenic and costume designer for stage, film, musical theatres, city festivals, Music-Halls (was one of the founders), circus shows and other reforming arts venues in Moscow, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) and Kiev, Ukraine. He designed costumes for such famous actors as Arkadii Raikin, Leonid Utyosov, Klavdia Shulzhenko, Eddy Pozner. Circus masters such as Yuri Nikulin, Oleg Popov, Vyatkin used his ideas for their costumes. Semyon Mandel was the creator of the first signature costumes for the worldwide famous dance troupe “Beryozka”. During the long stretch of his 50-year creative career, Semyon Mandel designed 39 films (scenery and costumes) and more than 250 theatre productions and musicals. Among the most known movies are: “Musical story” (Musykalnaja istoriya),” “Anton Ivanovich Serditsja”, “ Carrier Varyag” (Kreiser Varyag)”, “Russian Question” (Russkii Vopros), “Marriage” (Svad’ba) and many others that went into the golden collection of Russian cinema fund. He later worked in practically all theatres of Leningrad. Georgy Tovstonogov once wrote about Mandel in Russian: “His fantasy was enormous and highly imaginative and his creative mind knew no borders. The artist never took the beaten path in finding a unique theatrical solution for a certain play or film; he was highly resourceful in implementing the newest theatrical techniques, materials and lighting available at the time. For him, nothing was impossible in the search to achieve the best theatrical vision for the production.”1. Mandel was also known for his creation of theatrical posters that were seen throughout the city. (en)
- Семён Соломо́нович Ма́ндель (27 октября 1907 — 19 сентября 1974) — советский художник театра и кино. (ru)
- Семен Соломонович Ма́ндель (нар. 27 жовтня 1907, Вінниця — пом. 19 вересня 1974, Ленінград) — російський радянський художник театру і кіно, графік. (uk)
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