Alexandre Volkoff (actor)

Alexandre Volkoff (Russian Александр Александрович Волков, transliteration Aleksandr Aleksandrovič Volkov, 1885–1942) was a Russian actor, screenwriter and film director. He established his film career in Russia and was one of a significant number of film artists who fled the country following the Bolshevik takeover.

The bulk of his output was in France where he was known as Alexandre Volkoff. He also made films in Germany and later Italy and collaborated several times with his fellow Russian exile, the actor Ivan Mozzhukhin.

Director
Features unless otherwise specified:
 * The Fugitive - a short film, Russia, France
 * The Green Spider (1916) - a short film, Russia
 * Father Sergius (1917) - co-director, Russia
 * People Die for Metal (1919) - Russia
 * The House of Mystery (1923) - France
 * Les Ombres qui passent (1924) - France
 * Kean (1924) - France
 * The Loves of Casanova (1927) - France
 * Secrets of the Orient (1928) - France
 * The White Devil (1930) - Germany
 * Stjenka Rasin (1936) - Germany
 *  (1941) - Italy

Screenwriter

 * Heart of an Actress (1924, dir. Germaine Dulac) - France