FILM DIRECTOR

Alexandre Volkoff

1885 - 1942

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Alexandre Volkoff (Russian Александр Александрович Волков, transliteration Aleksandr Aleksandrovič Volkov, 1885–1942) was a Russian actor, screenwriter and film director. He established his film career in Russia and was one of a significant number of film artists who fled the country following the Bolshevik takeover. The bulk of his output was in France where he was known as Alexandre Volkoff. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexandre Volkoff has received more than 11,525 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandre Volkoff is the 898th most popular film director, the 1,567th most popular biography from Russia and the 39th most popular Russian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alexandre Volkoff ranks 898 out of 2,041. Before him are Tadashi Imai, Jack Cardiff, Wayne Wang, Wanda Jakubowska, Percy Adlon, and Catherine Hardwicke. After him are Jack Bender, Goran Paskaljević, Gérard Pirès, Yves Boisset, Yasushi Akimoto, and Godfrey Reggio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Alexandre Volkoff ranks 173. Before him are Anna Louise Strong, Emil Väre, Frederic Lewy, Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Anna Hübler, and Edna Ferber. After him are Pierre Dupong, Duncan Grant, Juhan Kukk, Alicia Moreau de Justo, Saneatsu Mushanokōji, and Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt. Among people deceased in 1942, Alexandre Volkoff ranks 171. Before him are Yevgeny Petrov, Romà Forns, Carl Sternheim, Hugo Distler, Jerzy Różycki, and Refik Saydam. After him are Laura Hope Crews, Oskari Mantere, Joshua Pim, Thomas Xenakis, Juhan Kukk, and Jean Gilbert.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexandre Volkoff ranks 1,567 out of 3,761. Before him are Marfa Apraksina (1664), Veijo Meri (1928), Nikolay Drozdov (1937), Nikolay Ilminsky (1822), Vladimir Krutov (1960), and Valery Afanassiev (1947). After him are Teresa Feoderovna Ries (1874), Osip Brik (1888), Pyotr Durnovo (1842), Savva Mamontov (1841), Yuri Shevchuk (1957), and Stepan Krasheninnikov (1711).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Alexandre Volkoff ranks 39. Before him are Aleksandr Khanzhonkov (1877), Alexander Rou (1906), Yevgeni Bauer (1865), Esfir Shub (1894), Ivan Ivanov-Vano (1900), and Pyotr Chardynin (1873). After him are Lev Atamanov (1905), Yuri Ozerov (1921), Giorgi Shengelaia (1937), Vladimir Bortko (1946), Fyodor Khitruk (1917), and Sergey Obraztsov (1901).

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Filmography

Napoleon
Director
A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797.
May 8o 19277.8 / 10
Father Sergius
Director
The story of Prince Stepán Kasátsky discovering his fiancée was the mistress of the Czar, so he then becomes a monk.
May 14o 19185.8 / 10
Loves of Casanova
Director
Republic of Venice, 1760. Pursued by a vengeful husband, the intrepid womanizer Casanova, who symbolizes the decline of the city and its fall into debauchery, manages to escape and, by a circuitous route, arrives in Saint Petersburg, where he will be involved in the many plots that threaten the throne of Czar Peter III…
Oct 8o 19276 / 10