Alexandre Volkoff

Directing · Acting · Writing

Born December 27, 1885, Moscow, Russia

Alexandre Volkoff was a Russian actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on December 27, 1885 in Moscow, Russian Empire. Aleksandre Volkov established his film career in Russia, and was one of a significant number of film artists who fled Russia 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. He directed several films starring his fellow Russian exile Ivan Mozzhukhin. He was known for Father Sergius (1918), The Prince of Adventurers (1927) and Edmund Kean: Prince Among Lovers (1924). He died on May 22, 1942 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Filmography

• 1941Amore imperiale — Director, Writer
• 1936Stjenka Rasin — Director
• 1934L'enfant du carnaval — Director
• 1933The 1002nd Night — Director
• 1930The White Devil — Director, Writer
• 1928Secrets of the Orient — Director, Writer
• 1927Loves of Casanova — Director, Screenplay
• 1927Napoleon — Assistant Director
• 1924Heart of an Actress — Writer
• 1924Kean — Director, Screenplay
• 1924Les Ombres Qui Passent — Director, Writer
• 1923The House of Mystery — Director, Writer
• 1920A Narrow Escape — Screenplay
• 1919The Bartered Soul — Director
• 1918Father Sergius — Writer, Co-Director
• 1918The Beauty Contest — Director
• 1918А он, мятежный, ищет бури… — Director
• 1917Behind the Screen — Director, Writer
• 1917Blood Need Not Be Spilled — Director
• 1916His Eyes — Director, Writer
• 1916The Green Spider — Director
• 1915The Picture of Dorian Grey — Sie Geoffrey
• 1914The Fugitive — Director
• 1913Nailed — Viktor, Dima's husband
• 1913The Broken Vase — Fop
• 1913The Keys to Happiness — Harald
• 1913What the Violin Wept About — Dr. Miller