Biography
Victor Tourjansky (Russian: Виктор Туржанский; Ukrainian: Віктор Туржанський; 4 March 1891 – 13 August 1976), born Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Turzhansky (Russian: Вячеслав Константинович Туржанский; Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Костянтинович Туржанський), was a Russian actor, screenwriter and film director who emigrated after the Russian Revolution of 1917. He worked in France, Germany, Italy, and the United States. Born into a family of artists in Kiev, Tourjansky moved to Moscow in 1911, where he spent a year studying under Konstantin Stanislavski. He became involved with silent film and, two years later, made his first productions as a screenwriter and director on the eve of World War I. When the October Revolution broke out, he left and stayed in Yalta, which had not yet been taken by the Bolsheviks.
When the laws for the nationalisation of the cinema industry were applied to Crimea, he left with the Ermoliev film company and its actors for France, via Constantinople, in February 1920. He was accompanied by his wife, the actress Nathalie Kovanko. On arriving in Paris, he changed his birth name Viatcheslav, to Victor, which was more easily pronounceable for the French. He was the assistant to Abel Gance for the filming of his Napoléon (1927). He later worked for Universum Film AG in Germany, where he arrived during the 1930s and directed twelve films, of which several were officially honored by the Nazis (City of Anatol, Secret Code LB 17, Faded Melody, Enemies , and Orient Express).
Filmography
all 77
Movies 77
Director 67
Writer 2
A Queen for Caesar (1962)
Freddy and the Millionaire (1961)
The Triumph of Michael Strogoff (1961)
Blood Feud (1961)
The Pharaohs' Woman (1960)
The Cossacks (1960)
Prisoner of the Volga (1959)
Herod the Great (1959)
Petersburg Nights (1958)
Herz ohne Gnade (1958)
Goddess Of Love (1957)
Secret Confession (1956)
Waltz King (1955)
Die Toteninsel (1955)
Salto Mortale (1954)
Morgengrauen (1954)
Arlette Conquers Paris (1953)
Ehe für eine Nacht (1953)
Mutter sein dagegen sehr (1951)
Chased by the Devil (1950)
Der Mann, der zweimal leben wollte (1950)
Der blaue Strohhut (1949)
Comedy Times Three (1949)
Si te hubieses casado conmigo (1948)
Orient-Express (1944)
Tonelli (1943)
Liebesgeschichten (1943)
Illusion (1941)
Verbena (1941)
Die keusche Geliebte (1940)
Enemies (1940)
A Woman Like You (1939)
Der Gouverneur (1939)
Der Blaufuchs (1938)
Geheimzeichen LB 17 (1938)
The Postmaster's Daughter (1938)
Faded Melody (1938)
The Lie of Nina Petrovna (1937)
Puits en flammes (1937)
Stadt Anatol (1936)
The Fear (1936)
The World's in Love (1935)
Dark Eyes (1935)
The Battle (1934)
Volga in Flames (1934)
The Orderly (1933)
Student’s Hotel (1932)
The Unknown Singer (1931)
The Duke of Reichstadt (1931)
The Eagle (1931)
Manolescu, the Prince of Adventures (1929)
Wolga Wolga (1928)
The Adventurer (1928)
Tempest (1928)
Napoléon (1927)
Michel Strogoff (1926)
Le prince charmant (1925)
Morin the Pig (1924)
La dame masquée (1924)
Calvaire d'amour (1923)
Le chant de l'amour triomphant (1923)
Up to the Hilt (1922)
Nuit de carnaval (1922)
La fille sauvage (1922)
Chopin's Fifteenth Prelude (1922)
The Tales of the Thousand and One Nights (1921)
L'ordonnance (1921)
The Gentry's Ball (1918)
Obmanutaya Yeva (1918)
Pozor doma orlovyh (1918)
Idi za mnoy (1917)
Skertso diavola (1917)
Kozy... kozochki... kozly... (1917)
Zhenshchina vampir (1915)
The Precipice (1913)
Sorrows of Sarah (1913)
Za dveryami gostinoy (1913)
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GenderMale
Birthday1891-03-04
Deathday1976-08-13 (85 years old)
Birth NameВячеслав Константинович Туржанский
Birth PlaceKyiv, Ukraine
CitizenshipsRussian Empire, Soviet Union
Also Known AsВячеслав Туржанский, В'ячеслав Туржанський, Виктор Туржанский, Viktor Turžanskij, Viktor Turzhansky
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