Alexandre Kamenka

Alexandre Kamenka
Born	8 May 1888 Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	3 December 1969 Paris, France
Occupation	Producer
Years active	1923 - 1960 (film)

Alexandre Kamenka (1888–1969) was a Russian-born French film producer. He was born the son of Boris Kamenka in Odessa, now in Ukraine. At that time the city was part of the Russian Empire. He fled following the Russian Revolution and went to France where he established the production company Films Albatros. A number of other Russian exiles were involved with the company.

Selected filmography

• Kean (1924)
• Carmen (1926)
• The Porter from Maxim's (1927)
• The Italian Straw Hat (1928)
• Two Timid Souls (1928)
• Cagliostro (1929)
• The Messenger (1937)
• The Barton Mystery (1949)
• Guilty? (1951)

Bibliography

• Andrew, Dudley. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film. Princeton University Press, 1995.

External links

• Alexandre Kamenka at IMDb