Vladimir Strizhevsky

Directing

Russian and French actor, director. He made his film debut in 1914 in the four-episode criminal drama Sashka the Seminarist (Russian Rocambole), which was released in cinemas in January 1915. In 1916-1917, he starred in many films by Yevgeny Bauer, including "Retribution" (1916), "Nabat" (1917), "Revolutionary" (1917). In 1917, in the joint-stock company A. Khanzhonkov, he directed the film "Black Love" as a director. In 1919, he starred in the anti-Bolshevik propaganda campaign "Life - to the Motherland, honor - to no one." In 1920 he emigrated to France. Under the name V. de Stry, he starred in the films The Meaning of Death (Le sens de la mort, 1922) by Yakov Protazanov and Golgotha of Love (Calvaire d`amour, 1923) by Viktor Turzhansky. From 1923 he worked in Germany. He directed the films The Abyss of the Big City (Tiefen der Großstadt, 1924), Taras Bulba (1924), The Tsar’s Adjutant…