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Grigori Kozintsev
An important figure in post-revolutionary art circles, Kozintsev was one of several co-founders--including his future partner Leonid Trauberg--of the influential, experimental theater group, FEX (Factory of the Eccentric Actor). A few years after its foundation in 1921 FEX turned its attention to filmmaking, bringing its eclectic, bombastic style to the screen with the medium-length "The Adventures of Oktyabrina" (1924).