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).Kozintsev and Trauberg began co-directing feature films later in the decade, reaching their peak with the hugely popular "Maxim" trilogy ("The Youth of Maxim" 1935, "The Return
