- Dimitri Kirsanoff
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Dimitri Kirsanoff Born 6 March 1899
Tartu, Estonia (Russian Empire)Died 11 February 1957
Paris, FranceCause of death Heart attack Nationality Russian (Latvian or Estonian) Education École Normale de Musique, Paris Occupation film director Spouse Nadia Sibirskaïa
Berthe Noëlla Bessette (later known as Monique Kirsanoff)Dimitri Kirsanoff (Russian: Дими́трий Кирса́нов) (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.[1]
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Early life
Kirsanoff was born Markus David Sussmanovitch Kaplan (Маркус Давид Зусманович Каплан)[2] in Tartu (then Juryev), Estonia, then Russian Empire in 1899. In the early 1920s he moved to Paris and became involved in cinema through playing cello in the orchestra at showings.[3] He began making films on his own, and never worked with a production company.[1]
Ménilmontant
Kirsanoff's best known work is Ménilmontant (1926), which takes its name from the Paris neighborhood of the same name. The film is a silent, but does not contain any intertitles. It begins with a flurry of quick close-up shots depicting the axe murder of the parents of the protagonists, two girls.[1] As young women, they are portrayed by Nadia Sibirskaïa, Kirsanoff's first wife, and Yolande Beaulieu; their mutual love interest is played by Guy Belmont.[4] The film uses many other techniques that were relatively new at the time, including double exposure.[1]
Filmography
- L'ironie du destin (1923)
- Ménilmontant (1926)
- Sables (1927)
- Destin (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 c d David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson, 1993. Film History: An Introduction. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- ^ [http://www.lvva-raduraksti.lv/ru/menu/lv/7/ig/7/ie/3417/book/28751.html
- ^ "Dictionnaire du cinéma français des années vingt". Association française de recherche sur l'histoire du cinéma (AFRHC). http://1895.revues.org/document95.html#tocto10. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
- ^ IMDB entry
External links
Categories: 1899 births | 1957 deaths | French experimental filmmakers | French Jews | Film director stubs
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