Aleksandr Khanzhonkov

Personal Info

Known For Producer

Gender Male

Birthday 1877-08-08

Deathday 1945-09-26 (68 years old)

Place of Birth Khanzhonkovka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire

Also Known As A. A. Khanzhonkov, Александр Алексеевич Ханжонков, Aleksandr Alekseevich Khanzhonkov, A. Chanshonkov, Александр Ханжонков, А. Ханжонков

Aleksandr Khanzhonkov

Biography

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.

Known For

Producer

1918
1918
Miss Meri

as Producer

1918
Boulevard Slush

as Producer

1918
Dream And Life

as Producer

1917
Annushka's Case

as Producer

1917
A Revolutionary

as Producer

1917
The Dying Swan

as Producer

1917
A Woman’s Truth

as Producer

1917
1917
Twilight

as Producer

1917
The Alarm

as Producer

1916
Another's Soul

as Producer

1916
The Retribution

as Producer

1916
Yuriy Nagorniy

as Producer

1916
Human Abysses

as Producer

1916
A Life for a Life

as Producer

1916
Mysterious World

as Producer

1916
The Moon Beauty

as Producer

1916
Nina

as Producer

1916
Nelly Raintseva

as Producer

1916
1916
Mirages

as Producer

1915
After Death

as Producer

1915
Daydreams

as Producer

1915
Leon Drey

as Producer

1915
1915
The Pearl Necklace

as Producer

1915
1915
Idols

as Producer

1915
The 1002nd Ruse

as Producer

1914
Tears

as Producer

1914
Mysterious Someone

as Producer

1914
Her Heroic Feat

as Producer

1914
Chrysanthemums

as Producer

1914
Wicked Night

as Producer

1914
Silent Witnesses

as Producer

1914
Life in Death

as Producer

1914
Do You Remember?..

as Producer

1914
Only Once a Year

as Producer

1914
1914
Cold Souls

as Producer

1914
1913
Sorrows of Sarah

as Producer

1913
Khaz-Bulat

as Producer

1912
1912
A Trip To The Moon

as Producer

1912
The In-Law

as Producer

1912
1912
The Man

as Producer

1911
1911
In A Lively Place

as Producer

1910
Boyar Orsha

as Producer

1910
Vadim

as Producer

1910
Mermaid

as Producer

1909
Viy

as Producer

1909
The Enchantress

as Producer

1909
Vanka the Steward

as Producer

Director

1911

Writer

1911

Actor

2005
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