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Alexis Granowsky

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Birth Date:
00.00.1890
Death date:
11.03.1937
Extra names:
Алексей Грановский, Алексе́й Миха́йлович Грано́вский, Абрам Азарх, Abraham Azarkh
Categories:
Director, Film director
Nationality:
 jew
Cemetery:
Set cemetery

Alexis Granowsky (1890–1937) was a Russian theatre director who later became a film director. Granowsky was born as Abraham Azarkh to a Jewish family in Moscow. After studying in St. Petersburg, he went to Munich where he gained valuable theatre experience working under Max Reinhardt. He served in the Russian army during the First World War before in 1919 he set up his own Jewish-orientated theatre in St. Petersburg. Granowsky's reputation rose quickly over the following years, as he became one of the most celebrated theatre directors in Europe. In 1925 Granowsky directed his first film, a silent, but concentrated his efforts on his stage work.

After the Russian Revolution, and the Communist victory in the Russian Civil War, Granowsky continued to live in the country even though he felt himself culturally Western European. Granowsky was initially feted by the Soviet authorities and was awarded a number of honours but he began to find their cultural policies increasingly restrictive, and emigrated to the Weimar Republic in the late 1920s.

In Germany Granowsky worked on some theatre productions, but increasingly moved into film. He collaborated with a number of other Russian exiles such as Léo Lania who shared his left-wing political views. He directed two German films, before emigrating to Paris where he lived for the rest of his life. He produced and directed expensive prestige films The Adventures of King Pausole (1933) and Taras Bulba (1936). He had married a wealthy German woman, but they separated before his death. Despite his lavish lifestyle, Granowsky died comparatively poor.

Selected filmography

Director

  • Jewish Happiness (1925)
  • The Song of Life (1931)
  • The Trunks of Mr. O.F. (1931)
  • The Adventures of King Pausole (1933)
  • Taras Bulba (1936)

Source: wikipedia.org

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1
        Леонид АзархBrother20.03.190000.00.1964
        2Борис ИнгстерБорис ИнгстерBrother29.10.190302.08.1978
        3Александра  Азарх-ГрановскаяАлександра Азарх-ГрановскаяWife11.03.189206.11.1980
        4Павел ХомскийПавел ХомскийNephew30.03.192506.09.2016
        5
        Раиса ИдельсонSister in-law00.00.189400.00.1972
        6
        Мара ГриCousin00.00.189400.00.1975
        7
        Aleksandr AzarhCousin00.00.189529.10.1938
        8Евгения ОпаловаЕвгения ОпаловаCousin10.10.190012.12.1985
        9Max ReinhardtMax ReinhardtTeacher09.09.187330.10.1943

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