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Victor Tourjanski
Victor Tourjansky ( 4 March 1891 – 13 August 1976), born Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Turzhansky (), was a Russian actor, screenwriter and film director who emigrated after the Russian Revolution of 1917. He worked in France, Germany, Italy, and the United States. Biography Born into a family of artists in Kiev, Tourjansky moved to Moscow in 1911, where he spent a year studying under Konstantin Stanislavski. He became involved with silent film and, two years later, made his first productions as a screenwriter and director on the eve of World War I. When the October Revolution broke out, he left and stayed in Yalta, which had not yet been taken by the Bolsheviks. When the laws for the nationalisation of the cinema industry were applied to Crimea, he left with the Ermoliev film company and its actors for France, via Constantinople, in February 1920. He was accompanied by his wife, the actress Nathalie Kovanko. On arriving in Paris, he changed his birth name Viatcheslav, to Victo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyiv
Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2,952,301, making Kyiv the List of European cities by population within city limits, seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational, and cultural center. It is home to many High tech, high-tech industries, higher education institutions, and historical landmarks. The city has an extensive system of Transport in Kyiv, public transport and infrastructure, including the Kyiv Metro. The city's name is said to derive from the name of Kyi, one of its four legendary founders. During History of Kyiv, its history, Kyiv, one of the oldest cities in Eastern Europe, passed through several stages of prominence and obscurity. The city probably existed as a commercial center as early as the 5th century. A Slav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universum Film AG
UFA GmbH, shortened to UFA (), is a film and television production company that unites all production activities of the media conglomerate Bertelsmann in Germany. The original UFA was established as on December 18, 1917, as a direct response to foreign competition in film and propaganda. UFA was founded by a consortium headed by Emil Georg von Stauß, a former Deutsche Bank board member. In March 1927, Alfred Hugenberg, an influential German media entrepreneur and later minister of the economy and minister of agriculture and nutrition in Adolf Hitler's cabinet, purchased UFA and transferred ownership of it to the Nazi Party in 1933. In 1942, as a result of the Nazi policy of "forcible coordination" known as the Gleichschaltung, UFA and all of its competitors, including Tobis, Terra, Bavaria Film and Wien-Film, were bundled together with Nazi-controlled foreign film production companies to form the super-corporation UFA-Film GmbH (Ufi), with headquarters in Berlin. After the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventurer (1928 Film)
''The Adventurer'' is a 1928 American silent adventure film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and an uncredited W.S. Van Dyke with a screenplay written by Ruth Cummings and Jack Cunningham. The film stars Tim McCoy, Dorothy Sebastian, Charles Delaney, George Cowl and Michael Visaroff. The film was released on July 14, 1928, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Mining engineer Jim McClellan is in love with Dolores de Silva, the daughter of the deposed president of a South American country. McClellan tries to help de Silva regain power but finds himself involved in a series of dangerous adventures that even lead him to a firing squad. Eventually, the revolutionaries are defeated and the president returns to the government while McClellan finally wins the girl he loves. Cast *Tim McCoy as Jim McClellan *Dorothy Sebastian as Dolores de Silva *Charles Delaney as Barney O'Malley *George Cowl as Esteban de Silva *Michael Visaroff as Somaroff *Gayne Whitman Gayne Whitman (born Alfred D. Vosbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Taylor (director)
Sam Taylor (August 13, 1895 – March 6, 1958) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer, most active in the silent film era. Taylor is best known for his comedic directorial work with Harold Lloyd and Mary Pickford, and also later worked with Laurel and Hardy. He was born in New York City. A notorious cinematic legend over the decades has suggested that Taylor's 1929 adaptation of Shakespeare's '' The Taming of the Shrew'' had the screen credit "additional dialogue by Sam Taylor". However, no extant prints of the film contain this credit, and there is no documentary evidence that it ever existed. Taylor directed eight feature films with Lloyd as star, with a number of them being co-directing with Fred C. Newmeyer. Taylor also directed Pickford in her first " talkie" feature with '' Coquette'' (1929), which garnered the latter an Academy Award. Taylor died at the age of 62 in Santa Monica, California. Partial filmography * '' Over the Garden Wall'' (1919) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempest (1928 Film)
''Tempest'' is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Sam Taylor. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. V. I. Nemirovich-Dantchenko wrote the screenplay and William Cameron Menzies won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work in the film in 1929, the first year of the awards ceremony. John Barrymore and Camilla Horn star in the film, with Louis Wolheim co-starring. Preserved by two US archives George Eastman House and UCLA Film and TV. Plot The film is set during final days of Czarist Russia and revolves around a peasant who rises through the ranks of the Russian army ending up a lieutenant. His life is made increasingly difficult by the aristocrats and officers around him who are resentful of his progress. He then finds himself rejected by a princess he falls in love with and, having been caught in her room, is put in pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Strogoff (1926 Film)
''Michel Strogoff'' is a 1926 French silent historical adventure film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Kovanko, and Acho Chakatouny. It is an adaptation of Jules Verne's 1876 novel ''Michael Strogoff''. In 1961 Tourjanski directed a sequel titled '' Le Triomphe de Michel Strogoff''. Cast * Ivan Mozzhukhin as Michael Strogoff * Nathalie Kovanko as Nadia Fedor * Acho Chakatouny as Ivan Ogareff * Jeanne Brindeau as Maria Strogoff * Marie-Louise Vois as Zaugara * M. Debas as Enur Feifar * Vladimir Gajdarov as Tzar Alexandre of Russia * Micolas Kougoucheff as General Kissoff * Henri Debain as Harry Blount * Boris de Fast as Féofar-Khan * Gabriel de Gravone as Alcide Jolivet * Vladimir Kvanin as Wassili Feodoroff, Nadia's father * Nicolas Koline Production A number of filmmakers involved were exiles from the Russian Revolution of 1917. The film's art direction was by Eduardo Gosch, César Lacca, Alexandre Lochakoff, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Charming (1925 Film)
''Prince Charming'' (French: ''Le Prince charmant'') is a 1925 French silent adventure film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Jaque Catelain, Nathalie Kovanko and Nicolas Koline. Abel p.255 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in Villefranche-sur-Mer. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexandre Lochakoff. Cast * Jaque Catelain as Le comte Patrice * Nathalie Kovanko as Anar * Nicolas Koline as Brick * Claude France as La princesse Christiane de Solnick * Pierre Bory as Hebbart * Léon Courtois as Le premier ministre * Lapouchin as Le calife Markoum * Grogoire Metchikoff as Ahmed * Louis Monfils as Le premier ministre * Paul Ollivier as Le chef du protocole * Lili Damita Lili Damita (born Liliane Marie-Madeleine Carré; 10 July 1904 – 21 March 1994) was a French-American actress, singer, and dancer who appeared in 33 films between 1922 and 1937. Early life and education Lili Damita was born in Blaye, F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Masked Woman (1924 Film)
''The Masked Woman'' (French: ''La dame masquée'') is a 1924 French silent crime drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Nathalie Kovanko, René Maupré and Jeanne Brindeau. Krautz p.373 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Eduardo Gosch and Alexandre Lochakoff. The costume for Nathalie Kovanko was made by Lucie Schwob (Claude Cahun). Cast * Nathalie Kovanko as Hélène Tesserre * René Maupré as Jean * Jeanne Brindeau as Madame Doss * Nicolas Koline as Uncle Michel * Nicolas Rimsky as Li - the Chinese * Sylvio De Pedrelli as Girard * Madame Alama as Mrs. Tesserre * Boris de Fast Boris de Fast (July 6, 1890 – 1973) was a Russian actor, screenwriter, film editor and make-up artist. Born in Feodosia, Feodosia, Crimea in the Russian Empire, he emigrated to France, where he worked in the Cinema of France, film industry. His ... as Robin References Bibliography * Albera, François. Albatros: des russes à Paris, 1919–1929. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Scoundrel Morin (1924 Film)
''That Scoundrel Morin'' (French: ''Ce cochon de Morin'') is a 1924 French silent comedy film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Nicolas Rimsky, Denise Legeay and Louis Monfils. Connelly p.330 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Eduardo Gosch and Alexandre Lochakoff. Cast * Nicolas Rimsky as M. Morin * Denise Legeay as Henriette * Louis Monfils as L'oncle Tonnelet * Jacques Guilhène Jacques or Jacq are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over one hundred identified noble families related t ... as Labarbe * René Donnio as Le pianiste * K. Melnikova as Mme. Morin References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Powrie, Phil & Rebillard, Éric. ''Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema''. Edinburgh Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Riposte (film)
The Revolutionary Communist International (RCI) is a Trotskyist political international. It was founded as the Committee for a Marxist International (CMI) by British-based South African political theorist Ted Grant and his supporters after they broke with the Committee for a Workers' International in 1992, and was subsequently renamed the International Marxist Tendency (IMT) in 2004 before adopting its current name in June 2024. The organization's website, Marxist.com or In Defence of Marxism, is edited by Alan Woods. The site is multilingual, and publishes international current affairs articles written from a Marxist perspective, as well as many historical and theoretical articles. The international maintains a list of claimed national sections on its website. History Militant tendency was an entryist group within the British Labour Party based around the ''Militant'' newspaper that was founded in 1964. In 1974, Militant and its allies in Sweden, Ireland, and other countri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orient Express (1944 Film)
''Orient Express'' () is a 1944 German thriller film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Siegfried Breuer, Gusti Wolf and Rudolf Prack.Wiesenthal p. 28 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber. Synopsis As the Orient Express hurtles through the Balkans, a loud scream is heard and the communication cord is pulled. The guard investigates and discovers a dead man in one of the compartments. Police from the nearest town arrive to investigate. It seems most of the passengers are suspicious. Cast * Siegfried Breuer as Baron Erich Hübner * Gusti Wolf as Sonja Promshek * Rudolf Prack as Franz Schulz * Lisa Siebel as Frau Dr. Inge Geldern * Paul Dahlke as Police Commisar Iwanowitsch * Oskar Sima as Mischa Kowa, reporter * Joseph Offenbach as Inspector Kosta Balaban * Hilde Sessak Hilde Sessak (27 July 1915 – 17 April 2003) was a German actress who appeared in more than ninety film and television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enemies (1940 Film)
''Enemies'' () is a 1940 German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Brigitte Horney, Willy Birgel and Reinhold Lütjohann.Hake p. 225 The film was a Nazi propaganda work, attacking Poland which Germany had Invasion of Poland, invaded the year before. The film's sets were designed by Herbert Hochreiter, Alfred Metscher and Julius von Borsody. Cast * Brigitte Horney as Anna * Willy Birgel as Keith * Reinhold Lütjohann as Wegner * Karl-Heinz Peters as Antek * Arthur Fritz Eugens as Paul Wegner - Sohn * Iván Petrovich as Jan * Arnulf Schröder as Wladek * Hedwig Wangel as Liska * Carl Wery as Martin * Beppo Brem as Wegereit * Gerd Høst as Marianne Wegner, Tochter * Nicolas Koline as Andreas * Friedrich Ettel as Keller * Ludwig Schmid-Wildy as Lessing * Walter Holten as Böhme * Hannes Keppler as Hans Martin * José Held as Stach * Peter Busse as Tischlergehilfe * Paul Dahlke (actor), Paul Dahlke as Fährmann * Maria Heil as Mutti, deutsche Flüchtlingsfrau * Hans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
