Noë Bloch (1875-1937) was a Russian-born film producer. He was born as Noé Markowitsch Bloch to a

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, Bloch established himself as a producer in Germany and in France where he often worked with other Russian exiles at Albatros Film.Crisp p.167

Selected filmography

* '' The Loves of Casanova'' (1927) * '' Muche'' (1927) * '' Hurrah! I Live!'' (1928) * ''

Dolly Gets Ahead ''Dolly Gets Ahead'' () is a 1930 German musical film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Dolly Haas, Oskar Karlweis, and Grete Natzler. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Heinz Fenschel and J ...

'' (1930) * '' The Unknown Singer'' (1931) * '' No More Love'' (1931) * '' Calais-Dover'' (1931) * ''

In the Employ of the Secret Service ''In the Employ of the Secret Service'' () is a 1931 German drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Brigitte Helm, Willy Fritsch, and Oskar Homolka. It concerns espionage between Germany and Russia during the First World War. It was ...

'' (1931) * '' The Squadron's Baby'' (1935)

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, C.G. ''The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960''. Indiana University Press, 1993.

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* 1875 births 1937 deaths French film producers 20th-century Russian Jews 20th-century Russian people People who emigrated to escape Bolshevism Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France {{Russia-bio-stub