Georges Wakhévitch

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Georges Wakhévitch (

The son of a naval engineer, he immigrated to France in 1921. He grew up in Paris, where he studied painting. He was an assistant to film director Lazare Meerson in the 1920s.

Wakhévitch also designed sets and costumes for the theatre, the ballet, and the opera. His designs usually used vivid colours and successful sets for

He was the father of avant-garde composer Igor Wakhévitch.^[1]

Selected filmography

• The Man with the Hispano (1933)
• Nitchevo (1936)
• Beautiful Star (1938)
• Conflict (1938)
• Gibraltar (1938)
• The Postmaster's Daughter (1938)
• The Time of the Cherries (1938)
• The Murderer is Afraid at Night (1942)
• Melody for You (1942)
• Behold Beatrice (1944)
• Death No Longer Awaits (1944)
• Mademoiselle X (1945)
• Box of Dreams (1945)
• The Eleventh Hour Guest 1945)
• Dawn Devils (1946)
• Song of the Clouds (1946)
• The Eternal Husband (1946)
• Mirror (1947)
• The Dance of Death (1948)
• The Eagle with Two Heads (1948)
• Ruy Blas (1948)
• Don Juan (1950)
• Miquette (1950)
• Dreaming Days (1951)
• Leathernose (1952)
• Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954)
• Don Juan (1956)

References

External links

• Wakhevitch filmography at Allmovie

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