Alexandre Kamenka (1888–1969) was a Russian-born French

film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

. He was born the son of

Boris Kamenka Boris Abramovich Kamenka (9 January 1855, Kiev - 2 April 1942) was a Russian entrepreneur and banker in the Russian Empire. He was one of the richest people in Russia before the Russian Revolution. He joined the board of the Azov-Don Bank in 189 ...

Odessa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrat ...

, now in

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. At that time the city was part of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the List of Russian monarchs, Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended th ...

. He fled following the

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and went to France where he established the production company Films Albatros.Andrew p.291 A number of other Russian exiles were involved with the company.

Selected filmography

* '' Kean'' (1924) * ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the Opér ...

'' (1926) * '' The Porter from Maxim's'' (1927) * '' The Italian Straw Hat'' (1928) * '' Two Timid Souls'' (1928) * ''

Cagliostro Count Alessandro di Cagliostro (, ; 2 June 1743 – 26 August 1795) was the alias of the Italian occultist Giuseppe Balsamo (; in French usually referred to as Joseph Balsamo). Cagliostro was an Italian adventurer and self-styled magician ...

'' (1929) * '' Antoinette'' (1932) * '' The Messenger'' (1937) * '' The Bouquinquant Brothers'' (1947) * '' The Barton Mystery'' (1949) * '' Guilty?'' (1951)

References

Bibliography

* Andrew, Dudley. ''Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film''. Princeton University Press, 1995.

External links

* 1888 births 1969 deaths Russian film producers French film producers Ukrainian film producers Film people from Odesa Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France People who emigrated to escape Bolshevism {{France-film-bio-stub