Michel Strogoff (1926 film)

Michel Strogoff
Directed by	Viktor Tourjansky
Written by	Jules Verne (novel) Boris de Fast Viktor Tourjansky Ivan Mozzhukhin
Produced by	Noë Bloch Gregor Rabinovitch
Starring	Ivan Mozzhukhin 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
Release date	30 June 1926
Country	France
Languages	Silent French intertitles

Michel Strogoff is a 1926 French silent historical adventure film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Kovanko and Acho Chakatouny. It is an adaptation of Jules Verne's 1876 novel Michael Strogoff.

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 Mozzhukhin 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 Tzar Alexandre 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

Bibliography

• Bryony Dixon. 100 Silent Films. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

External links

• Michel Strogoff at IMDb