Alexandre Lochakoff was a Russian-born art director.Phillips p.39 After fleeing following the Russian Revolution in 1917 he settled in France where he worked designing

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Selected filmography

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Heart of an Actress ''Heart of an Actress'' (French: ''Âme d'artiste'') is a 1924 French silent drama film directed by Germaine Dulac and starring Iván Petrovich, Nicolas Koline and Mabel Poulton. Poulton had almost been cast in Abel Gance's ''Napoleon'', but a ...

'' (1924) * ''

Michel Strogoff ''Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar'' (french: Michel Strogoff) is a novel written by Jules Verne in 1876. Critic Leonard S. Davidow, considers it one of Verne's best books. Davidow wrote, "Jules Verne has written no better book than thi ...

'' (1926) * ''

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

'' (1927) * ''

Secrets of the Orient ''Secrets of the Orient'' (german: Geheimnisse des Orients) is a 1928 German- French silent drama film directed by Alexandre Volkoff and starring Nikolas Kolin, Iván Petrovich and Dimitri Dimitriev.Bock p. 237 It was made at the Babelsberg S ...

'' (1928) * '' The White Devil'' (1930) * '' Sergeant X'' (1932) * '' Port Arthur'' (1936) * '' The Red Dancer'' (1937) * '' Nights of Princes'' (1938) * '' After Midnight'' (1938) * '' The Patriot'' (1938)

References

Bibliography

* Alastair Phillips. ''City of Darkness, City of Light: Émigré Filmmakers in Paris, 1929-1939''. Amsterdam University Press, 2004.

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* Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Russian art directors French art directors People who emigrated to escape Bolshevism Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France {{Russia-bio-stub