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Aleksandr Khanzhonkov
Khanzhonkovka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
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 product…
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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.
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2005
When Idols Were Gone
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1923
Glumov's Diary
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1918
Boulevard Slush
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1918
Miss Meri
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1918
Dream And Life
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1918
Engineer Prite's Project
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1917
Twilight
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1917
Assassination Attempt on the Governor
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1917
Annushka's Case
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1917
The Alarm
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1917
A Revolutionary
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1917
A Woman’s Truth
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1917
The Dying Swan
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1917
In the Land of Love
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1916
Nelly Raintseva
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1916
Nina
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1916
Black Rocks Legend
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1916
The Retribution
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Another's Soul
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Гриф старого борца
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Lina's Adventure in Sochi
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1916
The Moon Beauty
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1916
Bronskiy Sisters
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1916
Сказка синего моря
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1916
Mysterious World
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Who Ruined This Life?
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1916
A Life for a Life
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1916
Human Abysses
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1916
Ямщик, не гони лошадей
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1916
Yuriy Nagorniy
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1916
The Puppets of Fate
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1916
Mirages
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1915
After Death
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The Happiness of Eternal Night
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1915
Love of a State Councillor
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1915
Burnt Wings
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1915
Daydreams
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1915
From Crime to Crime
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Children of the Age
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Soul Mates
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