Vladimir Strizhevsky (1892–1977) was an actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born in the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

and later emigrated to France and Germany, where he worked for Joseph N. Ermolieff's

Films Albatros Films Albatros was a French film production company established in 1922. It was formed by a group of White Russian exiles who had been forced to flee following the 1917 Russian Revolution and subsequent Russian Civil War. Initially the firm's pe ...

and collaborated often with other Russian exiles.Nowell-Smith p.164

Selected filmography

* '' The House of Mystery'' (1923) * ''

Taras Bulba ''Taras Bulba'' (russian: «Тарас Бульба»; ) is a romanticized historical novella set in the first half of the 17th century, written by Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852). It features elderly Zaporozhian Cossack Taras Bulba and his sons And ...

'' (1924) * '' The Adjutant of the Czar'' (1929) * ''

The Ring of the Empress ''The Ring of the Empress'' (German: ''Spielereien einer Kaiserin'') is a 1930 German silent film directed by Vladimir Strizhevsky and starring Lil Dagover.Goble p.963 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were design ...

'' (1930) * ''

Troika Troika or troyka (from Russian тройка, meaning 'a set of three') may refer to: Cultural tradition * Troika (driving), a traditional Russian harness driving combination, a cultural icon of Russia * Troika (dance), a Russian folk dance Pol ...

'' (1930) * '' Sergeant X'' (1932) * ''

Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Преступление и наказание, Prestupléniye i nakazániye, prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲɪje ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲɪje) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. ...

'' (1935) * '' The Volga Boatman'' (1936) * '' Nights of Princes'' (1938)

References

Bibliography

* Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. ''The Oxford History of World Cinema''. Oxford University Press, 1996.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Strizhevsky, Vladimir 1892 births 1970 deaths Male actors from the Russian Empire Russian male film actors Film directors from the Russian Empire White Russian emigrants to Germany People who emigrated to escape Bolshevism Male screenwriters Writers from the Russian Empire