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
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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