Production
Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
RU, XX cinema · 85 credits
Born
8 August 1877
Died
26 September 1945 (aged 68)
Birthplace
Khanzhonkovka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
Also known as A. A. Khanzhonkov · Александр Алексеевич Ханжонков · Aleksandr Alekseevich Khanzhonkov · A. Chanshonkov · А. Ханжонков · Alexander Khanzhonkov
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.
Known for
Filmography
Glumov's Diary
Producer
Miss Meri
Producer
Dream And Life
Producer
A Revolutionary
Producer
The Dying Swan
Producer
Twilight
Producer
The Alarm
Producer
Another's Soul
Producer
Human Abysses
Producer
A Life for a Life
Producer
Nina
Producer
Nelly Raintseva
Producer
Mirages
Producer
The Puppets of Fate
Producer
After Death
Producer
Daydreams
Producer
Leon Drey
Producer
Children of the Age
Producer
Idols
Producer
The 1002nd Ruse
Producer
Burnt Wings
Producer
Слёзы
1914
Tears
Producer
Chrysanthemums
Producer
Her Heroic Feat
Producer
Wicked Night
Producer
Silent Witnesses
Producer
Life in Death
Producer
Do You Remember?..
Producer
Cold Souls
Producer
Sorrows of Sarah
Producer
A Trip to the Moon
Producer
The In-Law
Producer
Defence of Sevastopol
Director, Writer, Producer
Boyarin Orsha
Producer
Vadim
Producer
Mermaid
Producer
Viy
Producer
The Enchantress
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Vanka the Steward
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Dead Souls
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