Alexandre Volkoff

Alexandre Volkoff
Born	27 December 1885 Moscow, Russian Empire
Died	22 May 1942 Rome, Lazio Fascist Italy
Other names	Alexander Wolkoff
Occupation	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. Aleksandr Volkov established his film career in Russia, and was one of a significant number of film artists who fled Russia 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 Germany and later Italy. He directed several films starring his fellow Russian exile Ivan Mozzhukhin.

Selected filmography

Director

Features unless otherwise specified:

• The Green Spider (1916) - a short film, Russia
• Father Sergius (1917) - co-director, Russia
• La Maison du mystère (The House of Mystery) (1923) - France
• Les Ombres qui passent (1924) - France
• Kean (1924) - France
• Heart of an Actress (1924) - France
• The Loves of Casanova (1927) - France
• Secrets of the Orient (1928) - France
• The White Devil (1930) - Germany
• Wolga-Wolga (1936) - Germany
• Amore imperiale (1941) - Italy

References

1. 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 the Internet Movie Database