Alexandre Volkoff (actor)
Alexandre Volkoff | |
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Born | 27 December 1885 |
Died | 22 May 1942 |
Other names | Alexander Wolkoff |
Occupation(s) | Actor, Screenwriter, Film Director |
Years active | 1913 - 1941 |
Alexandre Volkoff (Russian Александр Александрович Волков, transliteration Aleksandr Aleksandrovič Volkov, 1885–1942) was a Russian actor, screenwriter and film director. He established his film career in Russia and was one of a significant number of film artists who fled the country following the Bolshevik takeover.[1]
The bulk of his output was in France where he was known as Alexandre Volkoff. He also made films in
Ivan Mozzhukhin
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Selected filmography
Director
Features unless otherwise specified:
- The Fugitive - a short film, Russia, France
- The Green Spider (1916) - a short film, Russia
- Father Sergius(1917) - co-director, Russia
- People Die for Metal (1919) - Russia
- The House of Mystery (1923) - France
- Les Ombres qui passent (1924) - France
- Kean (1924) - France
- The Loves of Casanova (1927) - France
- Secrets of the Orient (1928) - France
- The White Devil (1930) - Germany
- Stjenka Rasin (1936) - Germany
- Amore imperiale (1941) - Italy
Screenwriter
- Heart of an Actress (1924, dir. Germaine Dulac) - France
References
- ^ Phillips p.39
Bibliography
- Phillips, Alastair. City of Darkness, City of Light: Émigré Filmmakers in Paris, 1929-1939. Amsterdam University Press, 2004.
External links
- Alexandre Volkoff at IMDb