Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
- Production
- August 8, 1877 · Khanzhonkovka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
- September 26, 1945
Biography
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
- When Idols Were Gone · Himself / ArchiveFootage
- Glumov's Diary · Producer
- Zakopano Blago · Director
- Boulevard Slush · Producer
- Miss Meri · Producer
- Dream And Life · Producer
- Engineer Prite's Project · Producer
- Twilight · Producer
- Assassination Attempt on the Governor · Producer
- Annushka's Case · Producer
- The Alarm · Producer
- A Revolutionary · Producer
- A Woman’s Truth · Producer
- The Dying Swan · Producer
- In the Land of Love · Producer
- Nelly Raintseva · Producer
- Nina · Producer
- Black Rocks Legend · Producer
- The Retribution · Producer
- Another's Soul · Producer
- Гриф старого борца · Producer
- Lina's Adventure in Sochi · Producer
- The Moon Beauty · Producer
- Bronskiy Sisters · Producer
- Сказка синего моря · Producer
- Mysterious World · Producer
- Who Ruined This Life? · Producer
- A Life for a Life · Producer
- Human Abysses · Producer
- Ямщик, не гони лошадей · Producer
- Yuriy Nagorniy · Producer
- The Puppets of Fate · Producer
- Mirages · Producer
- After Death · Producer
- The Happiness of Eternal Night · Producer
- Love of a State Councillor · Producer
- Burnt Wings · Producer
- Daydreams · Producer
- From Crime to Crime · Producer
- Children of the Age · Producer
- Soul Mates · Producer
- Leon Drey · Producer
- The 1002nd Ruse · Producer
- The Pearl Necklace · Producer
- Idols · Producer
- Natasha Rostova · Producer
- Song of Triumphant Love · Producer
- The Tale of the Sleeping Princess and the Seven Knights · Producer
- Do You Remember?.. · Producer
- In the Hands of Merciless Fate · Producer
- Wicked Night · Producer
- The Child Of Science · Producer
- Cold Souls · Producer
- Mysterious Someone · Producer
- Chrysanthemums · Producer
- Glory to Us, Death to the Enemy · Producer
- Life in Death · Producer
- Her Heroic Feat · Producer
- Silent Witnesses · Producer
- Tears · Producer
- Child of the Big City · Producer
- Only Once a Year · Producer
- Khaz-Bulat · Producer
- Twilight of a Woman's Soul · Producer
- The Little House in Kolomna · Producer
- Sorrows of Sarah · Producer
- Accession of the Romanov Dynasty · Producer
- A Terrible Revenge · Producer
- The Cameraman's Revenge · Producer
- The Man · Producer
- The Spring's Stream · Producer
- The In-Law · Producer
- A Trip to the Moon · Producer
- Defence of Sevastopol · Director, Producer
- In A Lively Place · Producer
- Vadim · Producer
- Mermaid · Producer
- At Midnight in the Graveyard · Producer
- Boyarin Orsha · Producer
- Viy · Producer