Victor Tourjansky (born Viatcheslav Tourjansky; 4 March 1891, Kiev â€"
13 August 1976, (Munich) (Russian: Ð'Ñ Ñ‡ÐµÑ Ð»Ð°Ð²
Ð¢ÑƒÑ€Ð¶Ð°Ð½Ñ ÐºÐ¸Ð¹; Ukrainian: Ð''Ñ Ñ‡ÐµÑ Ð»Ð°Ð²
Ð¢ÑƒÑ€Ð¶Ð°Ð½Ñ ÑŒÐºÐ¸Ð¹)) was a Russian actor, screenwriter and film
director who emigrated after the Russian Revolution of 1917. He worked
in France, Germany, Italy and the USA.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.
13 August 1976, (Munich) (Russian: Ð'Ñ Ñ‡ÐµÑ Ð»Ð°Ð²
Ð¢ÑƒÑ€Ð¶Ð°Ð½Ñ ÐºÐ¸Ð¹; Ukrainian: Ð''Ñ Ñ‡ÐµÑ Ð»Ð°Ð²
Ð¢ÑƒÑ€Ð¶Ð°Ð½Ñ ÑŒÐºÐ¸Ð¹)) was a Russian actor, screenwriter and film
director who emigrated after the Russian Revolution of 1917. He worked
in France, Germany, Italy and the USA.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.
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