''Michel Strogoff'' is a 1926 French silent historical adventure film directed by

Viktor Tourjansky The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

and starring

Ivan Mozzhukhin Ivan Ilyich Mozzhukhin ( rus, Иван Ильич Мозжухин, p=ɪˈvan ɨˈlʲjitɕ mɐˈʑːʉxʲɪn; —18 January 1939), usually billed using the French transliteration Ivan Mosjoukine, was a Russian silent film actor. Career in Ru ...

Nathalie Kovanko Nathalie Ivanovna Kovanko (Ukrainian: Наталія Іванівна Кованько, Russian: Наталья Ивановна Кованько; 13 September 1899 – 23 May 1967) was a Russian Empire-born film actress of the silent era.Ca ...

and

Acho Chakatouny Acho Chakatouny (1885–1957) was an Armenian actor, film director and makeup artist associated with the silent era.Capua p.191 Chakatouny was born in Gyumri, then part of the Russian Empire. Following the Russian Revolution of 1917 he fled int ...

.Dixon p.48 It is an adaptation of Jules Verne's 1876 novel ''

Michael 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 t ...

''.

Production

A number of filmmakers involved were exiles from the Russian Revolution of 1917. The film's art direction was by Eduardo Gosch, César Lacca,

Alexandre Lochakoff 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 film sets. Selected filmography * ''Heart of an Actress'' (1924) * ''Michel S ...

Vladimir Meingard Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukr ...

and

Pierre Schild Pierre Schild (1897–1968) was a Russian Empire-born art director known for his work in French and Spanish cinema. Born Lakka Schildknecht, he left Russia following the October Revolution in 1917. Following the German invasion of France in 1940 h ...

who recreated the atmosphere of the mid-nineteenth century

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Cast

as Michael Strogoff *

as Nadia Fedor *

as Ivan Ogareff *

Jeanne Brindeau Jeanne Brindeau (1860–1946) was a French stage and film actress.Capua p.129 Selected filmography * ''Ramuntcho'' (1919) * ''Enemies of Women'' (1923) * '' The Clairvoyant'' (1924) * '' The Fiery Cavalcade'' (1925) * '' The Hearth Turned Off'' ( ...

as Maria Strogoff *

Marie-Louise Vois Marie Louise or Marie-Louise may refer to: People * Marie Louise of Orléans (1662–1689), daughter of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, queen consort of Charles II of Spain * Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1688–1765), daughter of Charles I, Landgrav ...

as Zaugara * M. Debas as Enur Feifar *

Vladimir Gajdarov Vladimir Georgievich Gajdarov (Russian: Владимир Георгиевич Гайдаров; 25 July 1893 – 17 November 1978) was a Russian film actor and star of Russian and German silent cinema. Filmography *''Father Sergius'' (1917), as N ...

as Tzar Alexandre of Russia * Micolas Kougoucheff as General Kissoff *

Henri Debain Henri Debain (3 August 1886 - 15 January 1983) was a French film actor. He first appeared in '' Le Petit café'' in 1919, and appeared in more than 25 films between 1919 and 1956. He directed three films including ''Mephisto Mephisto or Mephis ...

as Harry Blount *

Boris de Fast Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name *:''See'': List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) * Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his ...

as Féofar-Khan *

Gabriel de Gravone Gabriel de Gravone (; 1887–1972) was a French stage actor.Abel p.321 He acted in forty films during the silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films con ...

as Alcide Jolivet * Vladimir Kvanin as Wassili Feodoroff, Nadia's father *

Nicolas Koline Nicolas Koline (1878–1973) was a Russian stage and film actor. He established himself in Russia as a stage performer with the Moscow Art Theatre. He emigrated from Russia after the October Revolution of 1917 and came to France with La Chauve-So ...

References

Bibliography

* Bryony Dixon. ''100 Silent Films''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

External links

* 1926 films 1920s historical adventure films French historical adventure films French silent feature films 1920s French-language films Films based on Michael Strogoff Films directed by Victor Tourjansky Films set in Russia Films set in the 19th century French black-and-white films Silent films in color Silent adventure films 1920s French films {{silent-adventure-film-stub