Michel Strogoff (1926 film)
Michel Strogoff is a 1926 French silent historical adventure film directed by Victor Tourjansky and starring Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Kovanko and Acho Chakatouny.[1] It is an adaptation of Jules Verne's 1876 novel Michael Strogoff.
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| Directed by | Victor Tourjansky |
| Written by | Boris de Fast Victor Tourjansky Ivan Mosjoukine |
| Based on | Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne |
| Produced by | Noë Bloch Gregor Rabinovitch |
| Starring | Ivan Mosjoukine Nathalie Kovanko Acho Chakatouny |
| Cinematography | Fédote Bourgasoff Léonce-Henri Burel Nikolai Toporkoff |
| Music by | Werner R. Heymann |
Production company | Société Générale des Cinématographes Éclipse |
| Distributed by | Ciné-Location-Eclipse |
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| Country | France |
| Languages | Silent French intertitles |
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, Vladimir Meingard and Pierre Schild who recreated the atmosphere of the mid-nineteenth century Russian Empire.
Cast
- Ivan Mosjoukine as Michael Strogoff
- Nathalie Kovanko as Nadia Fedor
- Acho Chakatouny as Ivan Ogareff
- Jeanne Brindeau as Maria Strogoff
- Marie-Louise Vois as Zaugara
- M. Debas as Enur Feifar
- Vladimir Gajdarov as Czar Alexander of Russia
- Micolas Kougoucheff as General Kissoff
- Henri Debain as Harry Blount
- Boris de Fast as Féofar-Khan
- Gabriel de Gravone as Alcide Jolivet
- Vladimir Kvanin as Wassili Feodoroff, Nadia's father
- Nicolas Koline
References
- Dixon, Bryony. 100 Silent Films. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. p. 48. ASIN B08DD6Y5KD. ISBN 1844573087.
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