Vladimir Strizhevsky
Russian and French actor, director. He made his film debut in 1914 in the four-episode criminal drama Sashka the Seminarist (Russian Rocambole), which was released in cinemas in January 1915. In 1916-1917, he starred in many films by Yevgeny Bauer, including "Retribution" (1916), "Nabat" (1917), "Revolutionary" (1917). In 1917, in the joint-stock company A. Khanzhonkov, he directed the film "Black Love" as a director. In 1919, he starred in the anti-Bolshevik propaganda campaign "Life - to the Motherland, honor - to no one." In 1920 he emigrated to France. Under the name V. de Stry, he starred in the films The Meaning of Death (Le sens de la mort, 1922) by Yakov Protazanov and Golgotha of Love (Calvaire d`amour, 1923) by Viktor Turzhansky. From 1923 he worked in Germany. He directed the films The Abyss of the Big City (Tiefen der Großstadt, 1924), Taras Bulba (1924), The Tsar’s Adjutant (Adjutant des Zaren, 1928) with Ivan Mozzhukhin, The Amusements of the Empress (Spielereien einer Kaiserin, 1929) with Lil Dagover as Catherine I and "Troika" (Troika, 1930). In 1931-1938 he worked in France, made films "Sergeant X" (Le Sergent X, 1931), "Barge Haulers on the Volga" (Les Bateliers de la Volga, 1936), "Princely Nights" (Nuits de princes, 1938). In 1935, he wrote the screenplay for the French film adaptation of Crime et châtiment. In 1945 he directed the film Flesh and Soul (La Carne e l'anima) in Italy, directed by his friend Boris Konstantinovich Bilinsky. In 1945 he left ...
The Adjutant of the Czar (1929)
Drama of plot and intrigue in Imperial Russia. (more)
Drama of plot and intrigue in Imperial Russia. (more)
La carne e l'anima (1945)
This melodrama was directed by an émigré Russian from a story by Corrado Alvaro and Emanuele Caracciolo. The latter was murdered by the Nazis in the Fosse Ardeatine massacre, before the film’s post-war release. Featuring Miranda and Girotti prior to neo-realist stardom. (more)
This melodrama was directed by an émigré Russian from a story by Corrado Alvaro and Emanuele Caracciolo. The latter was murdered by the Nazis in the Fosse Ardeatine massacre, before the film’s post-war release. Featuring Miranda and Girotti prior to neo-realist stardom. (more)
Sergeant X (1932)
A military wife remarries after she thinks her Russian husband has died in battle, and when he returns alive he enlists in the Foreign Legion rather than disrupt her new happiness. (more)
A military wife remarries after she thinks her Russian husband has died in battle, and when he returns alive he enlists in the Foreign Legion rather than disrupt her new happiness. (more)
Les Bateliers de la Volga (1935)
In 1912, a Russian officer is wrongly accused of having stolen important papers. His only alibi being to have spent the night with the wife of a colonel, he allows himself to be condemned so as not to compromise the latter. He manages to escape and hides in the ... (more)
In 1912, a Russian officer is wrongly accused of having stolen important papers. His only alibi being to have spent the night with the wife of a colonel, he allows himself to be condemned so as not to compromise the latter. He manages to escape and hides in the ... (more)
No overviwe found (more)
The House of Mystery (1923)
Film composed of 10 episodes: 1.- L'Ami felon. 2.- Le secret de L'etang. 3.- L'Ambition au service de la haine. 4.- L'Implacable verdict. 5.- Le Pont vivant. 6.- La Voix du sang. 7.- Les Caprices du destin. 8.- En Champ clos. 9.- Les Angoisses de Corradin. 10.- Le ... (more)
Film composed of 10 episodes: 1.- L'Ami felon. 2.- Le secret de L'etang. 3.- L'Ambition au service de la haine. 4.- L'Implacable verdict. 5.- Le Pont vivant. 6.- La Voix du sang. 7.- Les Caprices du destin. 8.- En Champ clos. 9.- Les Angoisses de Corradin. 10.- Le ... (more)
A Woman’s Truth (1917)
A Revolutionary (1917)
In 1907, the Russian authorities learn that a revolutionary known as 'Granddad' is living in hiding with his brother. The revolutionary is soon arrested and sent to Siberia. After ten years of struggling to survive in harsh conditions, he is finally released when ... (more)
In 1907, the Russian authorities learn that a revolutionary known as 'Granddad' is living in hiding with his brother. The revolutionary is soon arrested and sent to Siberia. After ten years of struggling to survive in harsh conditions, he is finally released when ... (more)
The Ring of the Empress (1930)