Joseph N. Ermolieff

Joseph N. Ermolieff
Born	24 March 1889 Moscow, Russian Empire
Died	20 February 1962 Los Angeles, California United States
Occupation	Producer
Years active	1916-1953

Joseph N. Ermolieff (1889–1962) was a Russian-born film producer. Ermolieff was a prominent figure in early Russian cinema during the Imperial era. He fled to France following the Russian Revolution and became an established producer there. As well as Paris he also worked at the Emelka Studios in Munich. In 1936 he enjoyed a major international success with The Czar's Courier, and he moved to the United States the following year planning to remake the film in English. He settled in America and became a citizen in 1942, but struggled to establish himself in Hollywood despite producing occasional films such as Outpost in Morocco (1949) and Fort Algiers (1953). In 1944 he produced a Mexican version of Michael Strogoff (1944).

Selected filmography

• The Queen of Spades (1916)
• Father Sergius (1917)
• Taras Bulba (1924)
• Kiss Me (1932)
• Let's Touch Wood (1933)
• The Czar's Courier (1937)
• Michael Strogoff (1944)
• Outpost in Morocco (1949)
• Fort Algiers (1953)

Bibliography

• Kohner, Pancho. Lupita Tovar the Sweetheart of México: A Memoir. Xlibris Corporation, 2011.

External links

• Joseph N. Ermolieff at IMDb