Aleksandr Khanzhonkov

Production

Aleksandr Khanzhonkov

Born — Died

1877-08-08 — 1945-09-26

Place of birth

Khanzhonkovka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire

Known for

Production

Credits

41 titles

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…

Known for

Series credits

Behind the camera

The Dying Swan poster
6.5

After being betrayed by her playboy lover, a heartbroken mute young woman joins a ballet company; during a performance of “The Dying Swan,” she enraptures a painter obsessed with portraying death genuinely.

The Dying Swan

1917

No artwork available
5.0

A dramatization of a wedding in 16th-century Russia, between members of two prominent boyar families (based on paintings by Konstantin Makovskii): Three matchmakers first visit the family of the prospective bride, and then do the same with the prospective bridegroom's family. Later, as the time of the wedding draws near, the bride is dressed with great formality and prepared for the ceremony, as the guests get ready to celebrate the upcoming wedding.

A Sixteenth Century Russian Wedding

1909

A Terrible Revenge poster
NR

A couple of lovers deal with an evil presence that is threatening them. Lost movie.

A Terrible Revenge

1913

The Cameraman's Revenge poster
7.0

A jilted husband takes his revenge by filming his wife and her lover and showing the result at the local cinema.

The Cameraman's Revenge

1912

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis is currently available.

Zakopano Blago

1919

Black Rocks Legend poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Black Rocks Legend

1916

Child of the Big City poster
5.5

Seamstress Mary dreams of a better life outside a sweatshop. Her dreams come true when she draws the attention of the bourgeois Victor. She soon tires of him, and thanks to her, his money is almost gone. When he suggests settling down outside the big city, where his money could be enough for a modest living, she leaves him and picks up a new lover. A year later, he is living in a shabby, cold hovel, still pining away for her.

Child of the Big City

1914

The Alarm poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Alarm

1917

Mysterious World poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mysterious World

1916

Who Ruined This Life? poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Who Ruined This Life?

1916

Natasha Rostova poster
NR

Lost film based on Leo Tolstoy's story from War and Peace novel.

Natasha Rostova

1915

Burnt Wings poster
NR

Lost movie.

Burnt Wings

1915

A Life for a Life poster
5.8

Wealthy Mrs. Khromova has a natural daughter, Musya, and an adopted daughter, Nata. The merchant Zhurov is in love with Nata, and hopes to marry her, but she is non-committal.

A Life for a Life

1916

The Enchantress poster
10.0

This tragedy depicts a father and son in love with the same woman, who is an enchantress. She keeps them both in subjection with her charms, butthe mother and wife of the victims kills the seducer. However, both the father and the son are severely affected by her actions, which they cannot forgive.

The Enchantress

1909

Viy poster
NR

Based on a the horror novella of the same name. First Russian horror film.

Viy

1909

Sorrows of Sarah poster
5.8

This film captures a stage production at Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, accompanied by the choir of Moscow Synagogue. Brothers Isaak and Borukh are both in love with Sarra, but Sarra chooses Isaac and they got married. However, Sarra could not conceive for ten years, and their Rabbi tells them that according to Jewish law, they must divorce. Isaak's parents push him to sign the divorce paper, then their Rabbi drops the divorce paper to Sarra's feet. She tells Isaac about her grief, and Isaak commits suicide. Soon after-wards, Sore realizes that she is pregnant, but she is now single.

Sorrows of Sarah

1913

Idols poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Idols

1915

The Puppets of Fate poster
8.0

A love drama set in the life of the capital’s bohemian crowd.

The Puppets of Fate

1916

Love of a State Councillor poster
10.0

Silent film from 1915 which draws on the story of Carmen

Love of a State Councillor

1915

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Сказка синего моря

1916

No artwork available
6.2

Two gypsy lovers sneak away from camp at night. The man proposes, the woman refuses. He then murders her with a knife. The body is immediately discovered. The distraught man then leaps off a cliff to the rocks below.

Drama in a Gypsy Camp Near Moscow

1908

Ямщик, не гони лошадей poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ямщик, не гони лошадей

1916

Defence of Sevastopol poster
5.1

First film ever that was shot by two cameras. Set in 1854-1855, in Sevastopol and Yalta during the Crimean War. Admirals Kornilov (Mozzhukhin) and Nakhimov (Gromov) organize the defense during the siege of Sevastopol. Both admirals are killed during the battle, and the city of Sevastopol is taken by the alliance of British, French, Sardinian, and Turkish troops. The legendary feat of Sailor Koshka (Semenov) was staged at original location. The 100 minute-long film was premiered in 1911 at the Livadia, Yalta, palace for the Tsar Nicholas II.

Defence of Sevastopol

1911

Defence of Sevastopol poster
5.1

First film ever that was shot by two cameras. Set in 1854-1855, in Sevastopol and Yalta during the Crimean War. Admirals Kornilov (Mozzhukhin) and Nakhimov (Gromov) organize the defense during the siege of Sevastopol. Both admirals are killed during the battle, and the city of Sevastopol is taken by the alliance of British, French, Sardinian, and Turkish troops. The legendary feat of Sailor Koshka (Semenov) was staged at original location. The 100 minute-long film was premiered in 1911 at the Livadia, Yalta, palace for the Tsar Nicholas II.

Defence of Sevastopol

1911

Defence of Sevastopol poster
5.1

First film ever that was shot by two cameras. Set in 1854-1855, in Sevastopol and Yalta during the Crimean War. Admirals Kornilov (Mozzhukhin) and Nakhimov (Gromov) organize the defense during the siege of Sevastopol. Both admirals are killed during the battle, and the city of Sevastopol is taken by the alliance of British, French, Sardinian, and Turkish troops. The legendary feat of Sailor Koshka (Semenov) was staged at original location. The 100 minute-long film was premiered in 1911 at the Livadia, Yalta, palace for the Tsar Nicholas II.

Defence of Sevastopol

1911

Dead Souls poster
7.0

Film adaptation of excerpts from Nikolai Gogol's novel of the same name. Only two episodes are recreated faithfully: Chichikov's visit to Sobakevich and Chichikov's visit to Plyushkin. These episodes are followed by a series of scenes in which other characters appear without any connection with the plot. In the finale, everyone is photographed next to the bust of Gogol.

Dead Souls

1909

Dream And Life poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dream And Life

1918

No artwork available
NR

Selection of scenes from Nikolay Gogol's comedy of the same name. Lost movie.

Marriage

1909

Гриф старого борца poster
NR

Lost film.

Гриф старого борца

1916

Another's Soul poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Another's Soul

1916

No artwork available
NR

The happiness of two lovers is ruined by the composer's obsessive jealousy. Lost movie.

Soul Mates

1915

Mirages poster
6.7

Marianna advertises for work as a reader and is employed by the reclusive millionaire Dymov. Appreciative of her sensitive, artistic nature, and of her youthful innocence and purity, Dymov is protective of Marianna and shields her from the attentions of his philandering playboy son. Marianna confesses to her fiancé Sergei that, at times, she feels deeply conflicted, drawn by the seductive lure of wealth and luxury. When her protector Dymov dies, his son begins to pursue her. Can Marianna resist her attraction to the opulent lifestyle that Dymov's son offers?

Mirages

1916

Human Abysses poster
NR

“Chelovecheskie bezdny is an excellent sample of the “high style”, brought to perfection in Yevgeni Bauer’s melodramas. A stage set designer by training, Bauer relied on drapes, curtains and columns, which divided the set into sections but were also used to disguise the lights. Wall ledges, fireplaces and couches served the same purpose. All this led to an impressive depth and at times provided an almost stereoscopic effect.“ Peter Bagrov

Human Abysses

1916

No artwork available
NR

Based on the story "The Man from the Restaurant" by I. Shmelev. The creators of the movie are unknown. The movie is preserved without inscriptions.

The Man

1912

The Little House in Kolomna poster
5.8

Pretty young Parasha is living with her widowed mother. Parasha diligently takes care of many household tasks, but she also enjoys flirting with the guards's officers who pass by her window, and she has one particular favourite. One day, Parasha's mother asks her to hire a cook, and to do so as cheaply as possible. Parasha and her beau soon see a way to use this situation to their own advantage.

The Little House in Kolomna

1913

Vanka the Steward poster
10.0

A silent feature short film by Vasily Goncharov based on a folk song of the same name. It was filmed with actors from the Vvedensky Folk House troupe. The movie is preserved without inscriptions.

Vanka the Steward

1909

A Woman’s Truth poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Woman’s Truth

1917

Miss Meri poster
NR

Based on the novel The Man Who Killed by Claude Farrère.

Miss Meri

1918

Song of Triumphant Love poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Song of Triumphant Love

1915

No artwork available
NR

Lost film.

From Crime to Crime

1915