Sergei Appolinarievich Gerasimov (1906-1985), actor and pedagogue, was one of the most reputable Soviet film directors and scenario writers. He made tens of films acknowledged as classics of the Soviet cinema. Among them were Masquerade, The Young Guard and And Quiet Flows the Don.
Discovered on 4-7-1978 in Nauchnyj by Chernykh, L. I.