Ivan Mosjoukine
Ivan Ilyich Mozzhukhin, usually billed using the French transliteration Ivan Mosjoukine, was a Russian silent film actor, writer and director. Born in Kondol, in the Saratov Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Penza Oblast in Russia), Ivan Mozzhukhin was the youngest of four brothers. His mother Rachel Ivanovna Mozzhukhina (née Lastochkina) was the daughter of a Russian Orthodox priest, while his father Ilya Ivanovich Mozzhukhin came from peasants and served as an estate manager for the noble Obolensky family. While all three elder brothers finished seminary, Ivan was sent to the Penza gymnasium for boys and later studied law at the Moscow State University. In 1910, he left academic life to join a troupe of traveling actors from Kiev, with which he toured for a year, gaining experience and a reputation for dynamic stage presence. Upon returning to Moscow, he launched his screen career with the 1911 adaptation of Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata. Mosjoukine's most lasting contribution to the theoretical concept of film as image is the legacy of his own face in recurring representation of illusory reactions seen in Lev Kuleshov's psychological montage experiment which demonstrated the Kuleshov Effect. In 1918, the first full year of the Russian Revolution, Kuleshov assembled his revolutionary illustration of the application of the principles of film editing out of footage from one of Mosjoukine's Tsarist-era films which had been left behind when he, along with his entire film production company, departed for the relative safety of Crimea in 1917. At the end of 1919, Mosjoukine arrived in Paris and quickly established himself as one of the top stars of the French silent cinema, starring in one successful film after another. Handsome, tall, and possessing a powerful screen presence, he won a considerable following as a mysterious and exotic romantic figure. Mosjoukine's film stardom was assured and during the 1920s, his face with the trademark hypnotic stare appeared on covers of film magazines all over Europe. He wrote the screenplays for most of his starring vehicles and directed two of them, L'Enfant du carnaval (Child of the Carnival), released on 29 August 1921 and Le Brasier ardent (The Blazing Inferno), released on 2 November 1923. The leading lady in both films was the then-"Madame Mosjoukine", Nathalie Lissenko. Brasier, in particular, was highly praised for its innovative and inventive concepts, but ultimately proved too surreal and bizarre to become financially successful. Ivan Mosjoukine died of tuberculosis in a Neuilly-sur-Seine clinic. All available sources give his age as 49 and year of birth as 1889. However, his gravestone at the Russian cemetery in the Parisian suburb of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois is inscribed with the year 1887.
Filmography
What Is Sex?
as Mr. Kuleshov
What Is Sex?
as Mr. Kuleshov
Ivan Mosjoukine, or the Carnival Child
as Self (archive footage)
Ivan Mosjoukine, or the Carnival Child
as Self (archive footage)
Cinema in Russia
as Film footage
Cinema in Russia
as Film footage
Nitchevo
Nitchevo
L'enfant du carnaval
L'enfant du carnaval
Casanova
Casanova
The 1002nd Night
as Tahar
The 1002nd Night
as Tahar
Sergeant X
as Jean Renault
Sergeant X
as Jean Renault
The White Devil
as Hadschi Murat
The White Devil
as Hadschi Murat
Manolescu, the Prince of Swindlers
as Manolescu
Manolescu, the Prince of Swindlers
as Manolescu
The Adjutant of the Czar
as Prince Boris Kurbski
The Adjutant of the Czar
as Prince Boris Kurbski
The Secret Courier
as Julien Sorel
The Secret Courier
as Julien Sorel
The President
as Chico/Pepe Torre, ein Bauer
The President
as Chico/Pepe Torre, ein Bauer
Loves of Casanova
as Casanova
Loves of Casanova
as Casanova
Surrender
as Constantine
Surrender
as Constantine
Michel Strogoff
as Michael Strogoff
Michel Strogoff
as Michael Strogoff
The Late Mathias Pascal
as Mathias Pascal
The Late Mathias Pascal
as Mathias Pascal
The Lion of the Moguls
as le prince Roundghito-Sing
The Lion of the Moguls
as le prince Roundghito-Sing
Les Ombres Qui Passent
as Louis Barclay
Les Ombres Qui Passent
as Louis Barclay
Kean
as Edmund Kean
Kean
as Edmund Kean
The Burning Crucible
as Zed, le détective
The Burning Crucible
as Zed, le détective
Member Of Parliament
as Lord Chilcote / Loder, writer
Member Of Parliament
as Lord Chilcote / Loder, writer
The House of Mystery
as Julien Villandrit
The House of Mystery
as Julien Villandrit
Tempêtes
as Henri
Tempêtes
as Henri
The Child of the Carnival
as Marquis Octave de Granier
The Child of the Carnival
as Marquis Octave de Granier
Justice d'abord
Justice d'abord
A Narrow Escape
as Octave de Granier
A Narrow Escape
as Octave de Granier
The Queen's Secret
as Paul, lord Verden's son
The Queen's Secret
as Paul, lord Verden's son
Kuleshov Effect
Kuleshov Effect
Father Sergius
as Prince Kasatsky, later Father Sergius
Father Sergius
as Prince Kasatsky, later Father Sergius
A Knight of the Spirit
as Vladek / Stas Marzinkovskiy
A Knight of the Spirit
as Vladek / Stas Marzinkovskiy
Little Ellie
as Norton, city's mayor
Little Ellie
as Norton, city's mayor
Satan Triumphant
as Pastor Talnoks / Pastor's son Sandro
Satan Triumphant
as Pastor Talnoks / Pastor's son Sandro
Behind the Screen
as Ivan Mosjoukine
Behind the Screen
as Ivan Mosjoukine
The Prosecutor
as Eric Olsen, prosecutor
The Prosecutor
as Eric Olsen, prosecutor
Dance of Death
as Mark Galich, music composer
Dance of Death
as Mark Galich, music composer
The Beggar Woman
as Poet
The Beggar Woman
as Poet
Panna Meri
Panna Meri
Sin
as Lavrov, engineer
Sin
as Lavrov, engineer
And The Song Remained Unfinished
as Doctor Rakitin
And The Song Remained Unfinished
as Doctor Rakitin
The Dagger Woman
as Sakhovskiy, the painter
The Dagger Woman
as Sakhovskiy, the painter
Life is a Moment, Art is Forever
as Prince Boleslav
Life is a Moment, Art is Forever
as Prince Boleslav
The Queen of Spades
as Hermann
The Queen of Spades
as Hermann
In The Wild Blindness Of Desires
as Nikolay
In The Wild Blindness Of Desires
as Nikolay
Long Gone are Chrysanthemums in a Garden
as Yuriy Galinskiy
Long Gone are Chrysanthemums in a Garden
as Yuriy Galinskiy
А счастье было так возможно
А счастье было так возможно
Me And My Conscience
as Gleb Znamenskiy
Me And My Conscience
as Gleb Znamenskiy
Nikolay Stavrogin
as Nikolay Stavrogin
Nikolay Stavrogin
as Nikolay Stavrogin
Vanyushin's Children
as Aleksey
Vanyushin's Children
as Aleksey
Idols
as Giu Kolman
Idols
as Giu Kolman
Natasha Rostova
as Anatole Kuragin
Natasha Rostova
as Anatole Kuragin
Petersburg Slums
Petersburg Slums
Mazepa
as Mazepa
Mazepa
as Mazepa
The Tale of the Sleeping Princess and the Seven Knights
as Prince Elisei
The Tale of the Sleeping Princess and the Seven Knights
as Prince Elisei
Do You Remember?..
as Yaron
Do You Remember?..
as Yaron
In the Hands of Merciless Fate
as Sergey Nevedov, doctor's son
In the Hands of Merciless Fate
as Sergey Nevedov, doctor's son
Wicked Night
as Georges Vinogradov, a student
Wicked Night
as Georges Vinogradov, a student
Mysterious Someone
as Writer
Mysterious Someone
as Writer
Chrysanthemums
as Vladimir
Chrysanthemums
as Vladimir
Glory to Us, Death to the Enemy
as Russian officer
Glory to Us, Death to the Enemy
as Russian officer
Life in Death
as Dr. Renaud
Life in Death
as Dr. Renaud
Tomboy
as Anatoliy, painter
Tomboy
as Anatoliy, painter
Her Heroic Feat
as Robert
Her Heroic Feat
as Robert
Woman of Tomorrow
as Nikolay, Anna's husband
Woman of Tomorrow
as Nikolay, Anna's husband
Khaz-Bulat
as Prince
Khaz-Bulat
as Prince
The Night Before Christmas
as Devil
The Night Before Christmas
as Devil
Brothers
as Aleksey
Brothers
as Aleksey
The Little House in Kolomna
as Hussar / Mavrusha
The Little House in Kolomna
as Hussar / Mavrusha
The Precipice
as Rayskiy
The Precipice
as Rayskiy
Sorrows of Sarah
as Isaak
Sorrows of Sarah
as Isaak
Uncle's Apartment
as Koko
Uncle's Apartment
as Koko
Accession of the Romanov Dynasty
Accession of the Romanov Dynasty
A Terrible Revenge
as Petro the wizard
A Terrible Revenge
as Petro the wizard
Alcoholism and Its Consequences
as Alcoholic
Alcoholism and Its Consequences
as Alcoholic
The Peasants' Lot
as Pyotr
The Peasants' Lot
as Pyotr
The Man
as Boris, Barkov's son
The Man
as Boris, Barkov's son
The Spring's Stream
as Albov, the painter
The Spring's Stream
as Albov, the painter
The In-Law
as Ivan
The In-Law
as Ivan
Worker's Quarters
as Surguchyov, factory's clerk
Worker's Quarters
as Surguchyov, factory's clerk
Scary Corpse
Scary Corpse
The Robber Brothers
as Younger brother
The Robber Brothers
as Younger brother
Defence of Sevastopol
as Kornilov / associate of the envoy of the Menshkov retinue
Defence of Sevastopol
as Kornilov / associate of the envoy of the Menshkov retinue
In A Lively Place
as The coachman
In A Lively Place
as The coachman
The Kreutzer Sonata
as Trukhachevskiy
The Kreutzer Sonata
as Trukhachevskiy
At Midnight in the Graveyard
At Midnight in the Graveyard