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Alexis Granowsky is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Russe born on 1890 at Moscow (Russie)
Alexis Granowsky (1890–1937) was a Russian theatre director who later became a film director. Granowsky was born as Abraham Ozark to a Jewish family in Moscow. After studying in St. Petersburg, he went to Munich where he gained valuable theatre experience working under Max Reinhardt. He served in the Russian army during the First World War before in 1919 he set up his own Jewish-orientated theatre in St. Petersburg. Granowsky's reputation rose quickly over the following years, as he became one of the most celebrated theatre directors in Europe. In 1925 Granowsky directed his first film, a silent, but concentrated his efforts on his stage work.
After the Russian Revolution, and the Communist victory in the Russian Civil War, Granowsky continued to live in the country even though he felt himself culturally Western European. Granowsky was initially feted by the Soviet authorities and was awarded a number of honours but he began to find their cultural policies increasingly restrictive, and emigrated to the Weimar Republic in the late 1920s.
In Germany Granowsky worked on some theatre productions, but increasingly moved into film. He collaborated with a number of other Russian exiles such as Léo Lania who shared his left-wing political views. He directed two German films, before emigrating to Paris where he lived for the rest of his life. He produced and directed expensive prestige films The Adventures of King Pausole (1933) and Taras Bulba (1936). He had married a wealthy German woman, but they separated before his death. Despite his lavish lifestyle, Granowsky died comparatively poor.
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After the Russian Revolution, and the Communist victory in the Russian Civil War, Granowsky continued to live in the country even though he felt himself culturally Western European. Granowsky was initially feted by the Soviet authorities and was awarded a number of honours but he began to find their cultural policies increasingly restrictive, and emigrated to the Weimar Republic in the late 1920s.
In Germany Granowsky worked on some theatre productions, but increasingly moved into film. He collaborated with a number of other Russian exiles such as Léo Lania who shared his left-wing political views. He directed two German films, before emigrating to Paris where he lived for the rest of his life. He produced and directed expensive prestige films The Adventures of King Pausole (1933) and Taras Bulba (1936). He had married a wealthy German woman, but they separated before his death. Despite his lavish lifestyle, Granowsky died comparatively poor.
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The Rebel Son (1938)
, 1h32Directed by Adrian Brunel, Alexis Granowsky, Albert de Courville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure, Historical
Actors Roger Livesey, Bernard Miles, Harry Baur, Anthony Bushell, Patricia Roc, Frederick Culley
Rating60%
Taras Bulba (1936)
, 1h27Directed by Alexis Granowsky
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Harry Baur, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Danielle Darrieux, Roger Duchesne, Fernand Ledoux, Pierre Larquey
Rating65%
Un chef cosaque, en guerre contre les Polonais, est trahi par son fils.
Moscow Nights (1934)
, 1h35Directed by Alexis Granowsky
Origin France
Genres Drama, War
Actors Annabella, Harry Baur, Pierre Richard-Willm, Andrée Spinelly, Germaine Dermoz, Roger Karl
Rating58%
À Moscou, en 1916. Sur les conseils de sa mère, veuve, qui a vu sa fortune peu à peu se réduire comme peau de chagrin, Natacha Kovrine a consenti à se fiancer à Brioukow, un marchand de grain enrichi, nettement plus âgé qu'elle. Infirmière à l'hôpital militaire, elle y fait la connaissance du capitaine Ignatoff et ne tarde pas à partager les tendres sentiments qu'il éprouve pour elle. Apprenant que Natacha est déjà fiancée, Ignatoff fait preuve de loyauté et quitte l'hôpital. Plus tard, l'officier est victime des malversations d'une espionne au service de l'Allemagne. Accusé de trahison, son salut pourrait venir de Brioukow.
, 1h8Directed by Alexis Granowsky
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors José Noguero, Edwige Feuillère, Armand Bernard, Josette Day, Rachel Devirys, Simone Bourday
Rating63%
Le bienheureux roi Pausole règne paisiblement sur le royaume de Tryphème, qui n'a ni histoire, ni géographie. Chaque nuit, il choisit l'une des 366 épouses (une par jour, plus une pour les années bissextiles) pour partager sa couche. Toutes vivent dans l'attente de cette unique nuit annuelle. La vie s'écoule calmement jusqu'à l'arrivée d'un sémillant aviateur, Giglio, qui, tombant sous le charme de la fille du roi, la jeune et naïve Princesse Aline, vient bousculer les habitudes du palais et du harem de Pausole, qui finit par se rebeller sous la férule du Grand Eunuque Taxis et de la gouvernante du harem, Dame Perchuque.
The Song of Life (1931)
Directed by Alexis Granowsky
Genres Drama
Actors Elsa Wagner, Aribert Mog, Ernst Busch
Rating67%
After discovering that her elderly fiance has false teeth, a young bride-to-be becomes so distraught that she contemplates suicide. She is rescued by a young sailor, with whom she has a baby, which she eventually delivers by Caesarian section.
, 1h20Directed by Alexis Granowsky
Genres Drama
Actors Alfred Abel, Peter Lorre, Hedy Lamarr, Ludwig Stössel, Margo Lion, Hertha von Walther
Rating67%
When thirteen large suitcases arrive at a hotel in a small town, labeled as belonging to a mysterious O.F., they provoke curiosity and speculation. Rumours begin to spread like wildfire that they belong to a millionaire. Although O.F. fails to appear, his anticipated arrival is a catalyst for a series of dramatic changes in the town.
Jewish Luck (1925)
Directed by Alexis Granowsky
Genres Comedy, Romance
Rating65%
Berditchev, (Ukraine). Fin du XIX siècle. Menahem Mendel, courtier et commerçant, gagne sa vie péniblement. La fille du riche Kimbak aime Zalman, un garçon pauvre que son père lui interdit d'épouser. Mendel propose à ce dernier un "beau parti", mais le jeune promis est en réalité une fille : pour sortir de l'impasse, Kimbak accepte que sa fille se marie avec Zalman.
Scriptwriter
, 1h8Directed by Alexis Granowsky
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors José Noguero, Edwige Feuillère, Armand Bernard, Josette Day, Rachel Devirys, Simone Bourday
Rating63%
Le bienheureux roi Pausole règne paisiblement sur le royaume de Tryphème, qui n'a ni histoire, ni géographie. Chaque nuit, il choisit l'une des 366 épouses (une par jour, plus une pour les années bissextiles) pour partager sa couche. Toutes vivent dans l'attente de cette unique nuit annuelle. La vie s'écoule calmement jusqu'à l'arrivée d'un sémillant aviateur, Giglio, qui, tombant sous le charme de la fille du roi, la jeune et naïve Princesse Aline, vient bousculer les habitudes du palais et du harem de Pausole, qui finit par se rebeller sous la férule du Grand Eunuque Taxis et de la gouvernante du harem, Dame Perchuque.
, 1h20Directed by Alexis Granowsky
Genres Drama
Actors Alfred Abel, Peter Lorre, Hedy Lamarr, Ludwig Stössel, Margo Lion, Hertha von Walther
Roles Writer
Rating67%
When thirteen large suitcases arrive at a hotel in a small town, labeled as belonging to a mysterious O.F., they provoke curiosity and speculation. Rumours begin to spread like wildfire that they belong to a millionaire. Although O.F. fails to appear, his anticipated arrival is a catalyst for a series of dramatic changes in the town.
Producer
Moscow Nights (1935)
, 1h40Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Actors Harry Baur, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Laurence Olivier, Athene Seyler, Morton Selten, Robert Cochran
Roles Producer
Rating58%
Moscou, pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Une infirmière accepte d'épouser Briokoff, un profiteur de guerre, pour sauver le capitaine Ignatoff dont elle est amoureuse et qui est accusé d'espionnage. Mais Briokoff finira par disculper Ignatoff lors de son témoignage.