Lev Arnshtam was born on January 15, 1905 in Katerynoslav, Katerynoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Dnipro, Ukraine]. He was a writer and director, known for Glinka (1946), Zoya (1944) and Der letzte Tanz von Romeo und Julia (1955). He died on December 26, 1979 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
