Dimitri Kirsanoff

Dimitri Kirsanoff (Russian: Димитрий Кирсанов, né Markus David Sussmanovitch Kaplan, Маркус Давид Зусманович Каплан;[1] 6 March 1899 – 11 February 1957) was an early filmmaker, considered part of the French Impressionist movement in film. He is known for his inexpensively made experimental films.[2]

Dimitri Kirsanoff
Born
Markus David Sussmanovitch Kaplan

6 March 1899 (1899-03-06)
Juryev, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (modern Tartu, Estonia)
Died11 February 1957(1957-02-11) (aged 57)
Paris, France
NationalityRussian (Latvian or Estonian)
EducationÉcole Normale de Musique, Paris
OccupationFilm director
Spouse(s)Nadia Sibirskaïa
Berthe Noëlla Bessette (later known as Monique Kirsanoff)

Early life

Kirsanoff was born Markus David Sussmanovitch Kaplan[1] on 5 March 1899[3] in Tartu (then Juryev), Estonia, then Russian Empire. In the early 1920s, he moved to Paris and became involved in cinema through playing cello in the orchestra at showings.[4] He began making films on his own, and never worked with a production company.[2]

He was married to the actress Nadia Sibirskaïa who starred in several of his early films.

Filmography
  • L'ironie du destin (1923) lost film
  • Ménilmontant (1926)
  • Sables (1927)
  • Destiny (1927)
  • Brumes d'automne (1929)
  • Rapt: la séparation des races (1934)
  • Les berceaux (1935)
  • Visages de France (1936)
  • La fontaine d'Aréthuse (1936)
  • La jeune fille au jardin (1936)
  • Franco de port (1937)
  • La plus belle fille du monde ne peut donner que ce qu'elle a (1938)
  • L'avion de minuit (1938)
  • Quartier sans soleil (1939, released 1945)
  • Deux amis (1946)
  • Faits divers à Paris (1950)
  • Arrière-saison (1950)
  • La mort du cerf: une chasse à courre à Villiers-Cotterets (1951)
  • Le témoin de minuit (1953)
  • Le crâneur (1955)
  • Ce soir les jupons volent (1956)
  • Miss Catastrophe (1957)

See also

References
  1. "Raduraksti - Войти". www.lvva-raduraksti.lv.
  2. David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson, 1993. Film History: An Introduction. New York: McGraw-Hill.
  3. Hoyer, Dirk (1 December 2016). "Dimitri Kirsanoff: The Elusive Estonian". Baltic Screen Media Review. 4 (1): 5–15. doi:10.1515/bsmr-2017-0001.
  4. "Dictionnaire du cinéma français des années vingt". Association française de recherche sur l'histoire du cinéma (AFRHC). Retrieved 2 March 2008.
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