Alexander Alexandrovich Murski (

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: Александр Александрович Мурский) (1 November 1869 – April 1943) was a

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Russian-born German actor. Murski died in 1943 in

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, Midi-Pyrénées, France. He was occasionally credited with the names Alexander Mursky and Aleksandr Murskij.

Selected filmography

* '' Zaida, the Tragedy of a Model'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1924) * '' Comedy of the Heart'' (1924) * '' Two Children'' (1924) * ''

The Blackguard ''The Blackguard'' (german: Die Prinzessin und der Geiger) (1925) is a British-German drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jane Novak, Walter Rilla, and Frank Stanmore. Plot Against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution, a violini ...

'' (1925) * '' The Adventure of Mr. Philip Collins'' (1925) * '' The Telephone Operator'' (1925) * ''

The Island of Dreams ''The Island of Dreams'' (german: Die Insel der Träume) is a 1925 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Liane Haid, Harry Liedtke, and Alfons Fryland. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Reimann W ...

'' (1925) * '' The Found Bride'' (1925) * '' Love is Blind'' (1926) * '' State Attorney Jordan'' (1926) * '' The Son of Hannibal'' (1926) * ''

His Toughest Case ''His Toughest Case'' (German: ''Sein großer Fall'') is a 1926 German silent crime film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Alexander Murski, Christa Tordy and Olga Tschechowa. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.Jacobsen p ...

'' (1926) * ''

Mata Hari Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod (née Zelle; 7 August 187615 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari (), was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I. She was executed ...

'' (1927) * '' A Murderous Girl'' (1927) * '' The Queen of Spades'' (1927) * '' Homesick'' (1927) * '' The False Prince'' (1927) * ''

The Famous Woman ''The Famous Woman'' (German: ''Die berühmte Frau'') is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Lili Damita, Fred Solm and Warwick Ward. It was based on the play '' Die Tänzerin'' by Melchior Lengyel, who also ...

'' (1927) * ''

Linden Lady on the Rhine ''Linden Lady on the Rhine'' (German:''Lindenwirtin am Rhein'') is a 1927 German silent film directed by Rolf Randolf and starring Maly Delschaft, Carl de Vogt and Alfred Solm.Thomas p.103 The film's art direction was by Gustav A. Knauer. Cas ...

'' (1927) * ''

Luther Luther may refer to: People * Martin Luther (1483–1546), German monk credited with initiating the Protestant Reformation * Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), American minister and leader in the American civil rights movement * Luther (give ...

'' (1928) * '' Rasputins Liebesabenteuer'' (1928) * ''

The Republic of Flappers ''The Republic of Flappers'' (German: ''Die Republik der Backfische'') is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Constantin J. David and starring Käthe von Nagy, Raimondo Van Riel and Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur.Eickhoff p.494 The title refe ...

'' (1928) * '' Parisiennes'' (1928) * ''

Sajenko the Soviet ''Sajenko the Soviet'' (German: ''Die geheime Macht'') is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Michael Bohnen, Suzy Vernon and Walter Rilla.Bock & Bergfelder p.33 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berl ...

'' (1928) * ''

Two Red Roses ''Two Red Roses'' (german: Zwei rote Rosen) is a 1928 German silent film directed by Robert Land and starring Liane Haid, Alexander Murski, and Harry Halm.Wlaschin p. 181 The film was released in England by First National Pathé. The film's ar ...

'' (1928) * ''

Life's Circus ''Life's Circus'' (German: ''Manege'') is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Max Reichmann and starring Raimondo Van Riel, Ernst Van Duren and Kurt Gerron.Bock & Bergfelder p.156 It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film ...

'' (1928) * '' Eva in Silk'' (1928) * ''

Hungarian Nights ''Hungarian Nights'' or ''Night Is Whispering'' (German: ''Es flüstert die Nacht'') is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Victor Janson and starring Lil Dagover, Hans Stüwe and Alexander Murski.Parish p.131 The film's sets were desi ...

'' (1929) * '' Fräulein Else'' (1929) * ''

The Man with the Frog ''The Man with the Frog'' (German: ''Der Mann mit dem Laubfrosch'') is a 1929 German silent crime film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Heinrich George, Hans Junkermann and Evelyn Holt.Caneppele p.53 The film's art direction was by ...

'' (1929) * ''

The Circus Princess ' (''The Circus Princess'') is an operetta in three acts by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán to a German libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. It premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 26 March 1926 and went on to 344 ...

'' (1929) * ''

His Majesty's Lieutenant ''His Majesty's Lieutenant'' (German: ''Der Leutnant Ihrer Majestät'') is a 1929 German silent romance film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise FleckPrawer p.85 and starring Iván Petrovich, Agnes Esterhazy and Georg Alexander. It was shot at the ...

'' (1929) * ''

The Hound of the Baskervilles ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in ''The Strand Magazine'' from August 1901 to April 1902, it is se ...

'' (1929) * '' The Man Without Love'' (1929) * '' The White Devil'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) * ''

You'll Be in My Heart "You'll Be in My Heart" is a song by English drummer and singer Phil Collins from the 1999 Disney animated feature ''Tarzan''. It appeared on '' Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack'' as well as various other Disney compilations. ...

'' (1930) * ''

Chasing Fortune ''Chasing Fortune'' (german: Die Jagd nach dem Glück) is a 1930 German drama film directed by Rochus Gliese and starring Catherine Hessling, Alexander Murski and Amy Wells. The film's art direction was by Gliese himself along with . It was init ...

'' (1930) * ''

Johann Strauss Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (german: links=no, Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed ove ...

'' (1931) * '' Everyone Asks for Erika'' (1931) * ''

The Case of Colonel Redl ''The Case of Colonel Redl'' (German: ''Der Fall des Generalstabs-Oberst Redl'') is a 1931 German spy drama film directed by Karl Anton and starring Theodor Loos, Lil Dagover and Otto Hartmann. It was co-production between the Prague-based compa ...

'' (1931) * '' In the Employ of the Secret Service'' (1931) * '' The Unfaithful Eckehart'' (1931) * ''

Rasputin, Demon with Women ''Rasputin, Demon with Women'' (German: ''Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen'') is a 1932 German drama film directed by Adolf Trotz and starring Conrad Veidt, Paul Otto and Hermine Sterler. It portrays the influence wielded by Grigori Rasputin over th ...

'' (1932) * ''

A Thousand for One Night ''A Thousand for One Night'' (German: ''Tausend für eine Nacht'') is a 1933 Czech-German comedy film directed by Max Mack and starring Claire Rommer, Trude Berliner and Harald Paulsen. A separate Czech-language version was also produced. The fi ...

'' (1933)

Bibliography

* Bordwell, David. ''The Films of Carl Theodor Dreyer''. University of California Press, 1992. * Eisner, Lotte H. ''The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt''. University of California Press, 2008.

External links

* 1869 births 1943 deaths German male film actors German male silent film actors Russian male film actors Russian male silent film actors 20th-century German male actors Male actors from Saint Petersburg {{Germany-film-actor-stub