Dimitri Kirsanoff
Dimitri Kirsanoff | |
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| Born | Markus David Sussmanovitch Kaplan 6 March 1899 |
| Died | 11 February 1957 (aged 57) Paris, France |
| Nationality | Russian (Latvian or Estonian) |
| Education | École Normale de Musique, Paris |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Spouse(s) | Nadia Sibirskaïa Berthe Noëlla Bessette (later known as Monique Kirsanoff) |
Dimitri Kirsanoff (Russian: Димитрий Кирсанов, né Markus David Sussmanovitch Kaplan, Маркус Давид Зусманович Каплан;[1] 6 March 1899 – 11 February 1957) was an early filmmaker, considered part of the French Impressionist movement in film. He is known for his inexpensively made experimental films.[2]
Early life
Kirsanoff was born Markus David Sussmanovitch Kaplan[1] on 5 March 1899[3] in Tartu (then Juryev), Estonia, then Russian Empire. In the early 1920s, he moved to Paris and became involved in cinema through playing cello in the orchestra at showings.[4] He began making films on his own, and never worked with a production company.[2]
He was married to the actress Nadia Sibirskaïa who starred in several of his early films.
Filmography
- L'ironie du destin (1923) lost film
- Ménilmontant (1926)
- Sables (1927)
- Destiny (1927)
- Brumes d'automne (1929)
- Rapt: la séparation des races (1934)
- Les berceaux (1935)
- Visages de France (1936)
- La fontaine d'Aréthuse (1936)
- La jeune fille au jardin (1936)
- Franco de port (1937)
- La plus belle fille du monde ne peut donner que ce qu'elle a (1938)
- L'avion de minuit (1938)
- Quartier sans soleil (1939, released 1945)
- Deux amis (1946)
- Faits divers à Paris (1950)
- Arrière-saison (1950)
- La mort du cerf: une chasse à courre à Villiers-Cotterets (1951)
- Le témoin de minuit (1953)
- Le crâneur (1955)
- Ce soir les jupons volent (1956)
- Miss Catastrophe (1957)
See also
References
- ^ a b "Raduraksti - Войти". www.lvva-raduraksti.lv.
- ^ a b David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson, 1993. Film History: An Introduction. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- ^ Hoyer, Dirk (1 December 2016). "Dimitri Kirsanoff: The Elusive Estonian". Baltic Screen Media Review. 4 (1): 5–15. doi:10.1515/bsmr-2017-0001.
- ^ "Dictionnaire du cinéma français des années vingt". Association française de recherche sur l'histoire du cinéma (AFRHC). Retrieved 2 March 2008.
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