Alexandre Volkoff
Russian actor and film director

Alexandre Volkoff

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Russian actor and film director
Gender:
Male
Places:
Russia
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Film directorScreenwriterActorFilm actor
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
27 December 1885(Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire, Duchy of Moscow)
Death:
22 March 1942(Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Star sign:
Capricorn
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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.

The bulk of his output was in France where he was known as Alexandre Volkoff. He also made films in Germany and later Italy and collaborated several times with his fellow Russian exile, the actor Ivan Mozzhukhin.

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  • 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 [it] (1941) - Italy

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Bibliography

  • Phillips, Alastair. City of Darkness, City of Light: Émigré Filmmakers in Paris, 1929-1939. Amsterdam University Press, 2004.