Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
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Born 1877-08-08
Died 1945-09-26
Khanzhonkovka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
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In 1906 he opened the A. Khanzhonkov Trading House (since 1912 - A. Khanzhonkov & K JSC), the first Russian company selling and renting foreign films. Since 1907, he began production of game productions and chronicles. One of the founders of Russian cinematography. Vladislav Starevich, Eugene Bauer, Petr Chardynin, Vera Kholodnaya, Ivan Mozhuhin, Vera Caralli, Vitold Polonsky, Ivan Perestiani and others. In 1920, he emigrated after the nationalization of film enterprises. He lived in Constantinople, Milan, Venice and other European cities. In 1922 he was elected honorary chairman of the Union of Russian Cinema Figures of Germany. In 1923, at the invitation of Rusfilm, he returned to the USSR, worked as a consultant in Goskino, head. production of "Proletkino". In 1926 he was arrested among others. However, they had extra opportunities to work in professions. Rehabilitated in 1934. In the same year, in connection with the 15th anniversary of Soviet cinema, he received a personal state award. The author of memoirs published in the book "The First Years of Russian Cinematography" (1937) and other publications; essays published in the 1960s. He died on September 26, 1945 in Yalta, in poverty and complete oblivion.
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Filmography
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Producing
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Children of the Age
The Moon Beauty
Boyar Orsha
Chrysanthemums
Song of Triumphant Love
A Sixteenth Century Russian Wedding
Natasha Rostova
Dead Souls
Marriage
Black Rocks Legend
The Man
In the Land of Love
The Enchantress
Who Ruined This Life?
Mermaid
Vanka the Steward
Burnt Wings
Viy
Ямщик, не гони лошадей
Soul Mates
From Crime to Crime
The Cameraman's Revenge
A Trip to the Moon
Сказка синего моря
The Dying Swan
Bronskiy Sisters
Twilight
Гриф старого борца
Love of a State Councillor
After Death
A Woman’s Truth
A Life for a Life
Engineer Prite's Project
Glumov's Diary
Drama in a Gypsy Camp Near Moscow
Twilight of a Woman's Soul
Child of the Big City
Sorrows of Sarah
Nelly Raintseva
A Revolutionary
A Terrible Revenge
Glory to Us, Death to the Enemy
Mysterious World
The Little House in Kolomna
Idols
Mirages
The In-Law
Wicked Night
Daydreams
The Retribution
Life in Death
Another's Soul
In A Lively Place
Miss Meri
Cold Souls
The Tale of the Sleeping Princess and the Seven Knights
The Happiness of Eternal Night
Defence of Sevastopol
Accession of the Romanov Dynasty
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