Gennady Myasnikov won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for what film adaptation of an 1869 novel of the same name?
Gennady Myasnikov Gennady Myasnikov (Russian: Геннадий Алексеевич Мясников ; September 12, 1919 – 1989) was a Soviet production designer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work on the epic film "War and Peace" (1967). He was born in Sosnovka (now Perm Krai).
The Right Hand of the Grand Master The Right Hand of the Grand Master (Georgian: დიდოსტატის კონსტანტინეს მარჯვენა , "The Right Hand of the Grand Master Constantine"), also published as The Hand of the Great Master is a historical novel by 20th century Georgian writer Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, who first published it in 1939 in a literary magazine "Mnatobi". Subtitled "knightly novel" by the author, the book received much critical acclaim in Georgia and in Soviet Union as a whole, selling 700,000 copies of 12 publications of its Russian-translated version in the author's lifetime alone. A two-episode feature film "The Right Hand of the Grand Master" based on the novel and directed by Vakhtang Tabliashvili and Devi Abashidze was premiered in 1969.