
Person
Alexandre Volkoff
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- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Dec 27, 1885
- Died
- May 22, 1942
- From
- 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.
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The Picture of Dorian Grey

The Broken Vase

The Keys to Happiness

Nailed
What the Violin Wept About

Loves of Casanova
The White Devil

Kean

Secrets of the Orient

Les Ombres Qui Passent

The Bartered Soul

The House of Mystery

A Narrow Escape

Father Sergius

The Green Spider

Napoleon

Stjenka Rasin

Heart of an Actress