Actor Iwan MOSJUKIN, Movie Film Star, Gossan - Guitar - eBay (item 260220438902 end time Aug-11-08 11:51:02 PDT)

Actor Iwan MOSJUKIN, Movie Film Star, Gossan - Guitar

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Ivan Mozzhukhin was a legendary actor of Russian silent films, who escaped from execution by the Soviet Red Army and made a stellar career in Europe.
Alternate Names: Ivan Mosjoukine / Ivan Mosjukin / Iwan Mosjukin / Ivan Mosjukine / Ivan Moskine / Ivan Mozhukhin.
He was born Ivan Ilyich Mozzhukhin on September 26, 1889, in the village of Kondol, Saratov province, Russia (now Penza province, Russia). His father was general manager of the large estate of Prince Obolensky. Mozzhukhin attended all-boys Gymnasium in Penza, then studied at the Law School of Moscow University for two years. There he was active in amateur stage productions, and joined a touring troupe, then returned to Moscow and was member of Vvedensky Narodny Dom Theatre. He made his film debut in 1908. From 1911 to 1914 he worked in the silent films of producer Aleksandr Khanzhonkov. Mozzhukhin shot to fame after his leading role as violinist Trukhachevsky in Kreitzerova sonata (1911) by director Pyotr Chardynin, based on the eponymous story by Leo Tolstoy. He starred as Admiral Kornilov in Oborona Sevastopolya (1911) and in about thirty more silent films made by Chardynin, Yevgeni Bauer and Khanzhyonkov.

By the mid-1910s Mozzhukhin became the indisputable leading star of the Russian cinema, having such film partners as Diaghilev's ballerina Vera Karalli, and his wife Natlia Lisenko. His facial expressions were studied by many actors and directors as exemplary acting masks. From 1915 - 1919 he worked in about 40 films by directors Yakov Protazanov and Viktor Tourjansky under the legendary Russian producer Joseph N. Ermolieff. His best known films of the Russian period were Pikovaya dama (1916) and Otets Sergiy (1917), both by Protazanov. Mozzhukhin's incredible popularity brought him significant wealth, that came with attendant pressure; he also became famous for his numerous love affairs with his admirers.

In 1918, the Russian Communist Revolution already caused irreversible destruction of cultural and economic life, and Mozzhukhin moved under protection of the White Russians in Yalta, Crimea. There he worked for Ermolieff during the Russian Civil War. Meanwhile, the Soviet government leader V.I. Lenin ordered to seize and "nationalize" all film studios and their films, lands, and other property, to use it for the Soviet propaganda, so almost all of 70 original films starring Mozzhukhin were arrested and censored. Lev Kuleshov used fragments of Mozzhukhin's films to demonstrate his editing ideas. Mozzhukhin's face was used in Kuleshov's psychological montage to illustrate the principles of film editing, known today as the Kuleshov Effect.

Mozzhukhin suffered terribly from the loss of his property after the Communist Revolution. However, he continued working in Yalta with Ermolieff until the end of 1919. But when the Red Army advanced in Crimea and reached Yalta, he joined the White Russians and fled the communist Russia at the end of the Civil War. Mozzhukhin managed to save a few rolls of his silent films, which he took aboard the Greek steamer "Pantera" in February of 1920. He left Russia together with his film partners from the Ermolieff film company, his wife Nathalie Lissenko, actors Nicolas Koline and Nicolas Rimsky, actress Nathalie Kovanko, cinematographer Nikolai Toporkoff, director Viktor Tourjansky, and producer Joseph N. Ermolieff. They emigrated together to Paris, France, and started a Russian-French film company.

In 1926 Mozzhukhin got a lucrative contract with the Universal Pictures, he was cast as a male lead in Surrender (1927). However, his stint in Hollywood, was not a success, due to numerous pressures from producers who insisted on changing his name in credits to John Moskin. The studio also insisted on the plastic surgery to shorten Mozzhukhin's nose, thus causing a permanent change of his natural facial expression. In addition to the emotional pains of plastic surgery, and changes to his facial features, Mozzhukhin suffered from the lack of chemistry with his non-responsive co-star, Mary Philbin. At that time Hollywood was already shifting to talkies, and Mozzhukhin, who did not speak English, was not offered any more roles, and returned to Europe. Soon Aleksandr Vertinsky commented on Mozzhukhin's suffering in Hollywood, that it was a conspiracy to destroy the strong competitor.

By 1939 Mozzhukhin's filmography included over 100 movies made in Russia, France, Italy, United States, Germany, and Austria. He continued starring in the talkies of the 1930s, albeit with a smaller success. He also wrote screenplays for several of his films, and planned to direct a film in France, but the work stopped, because he contracted a severe form of tuberculosis, and was hospitalized. Mozzhukhin died of tuberculosis in a Paris clinic on January 17, 1939, and was laid to rest in the Russian Cemetery at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, in Paris, France.

Mozzhukhin's home in Kondol, Penza province, is now restored as a public Memorial Museum of Ivan Mozzhukhin. There, since the 1990s, the museum is having annual Mozzhukhin's film show also known as Mozzhukhin's Festivities.

Filmography:
   1. Nitchevo (1936) (as Ivan Mosjoukine) .... L'officier Meuter
   2. Casanova (1934) (as Ivan Mosjoukine) .... Casanova
   3. Enfant du carnaval, L' (1934) (as Ivan Mosjoukine) .... Henri Strogonoff
   4. Mille et deuxième nuit, La (1933) (as Ivan Mosjoukine) .... Prince Tahar
   5. Sergent X, Le (1932) (as Ivan Mosjoukine) .... Jean Renault
      ... aka Désert, Le (France)
      ... aka Isolés, Les (France)
      ... aka Sergeant X - Das Geheimnis des Fremdenlegionärs (Germany)
      ... aka Sergeant X - Das Geheimnis des Verschollenen (Germany)
      ... aka Vive la légion (France)
   6. Sergeant X (1932) (as Ivan Mosjukin) .... Jean Renaud
      ... aka Geheimnis des Fremdenlegionärs, Das (Germany)
   7. Weiße Teufel, Der (1930) .... Hadschi Murat
      ... aka The White Devil (International: English title)
   8. Manolescu - Der König der Hochstapler (1929) .... Manolescu
      ... aka König der Hochstapler, Der
      ... aka Manolescu
   9. Adjutant des Zaren, Der (1929) .... Prince Boris Kurbski
      ... aka The Adjutant of the Czar (UK)
10. Geheime Kurier, Der (1928)
      ... aka The Secret Courier (International: English title)
11. Präsident, Der (1928) (as Iwan Mosjukin) .... Chico Torro
12. Surrender (1927) (as Ivan Mosjukine) .... Constantine
      ... aka The President (UK)
13. Casanova (1927) (as Ivan Mosjoukine) .... Casanova
      ... aka Prince of Adventurers (International: English title: subtitle)
      ... aka The Loves of Casanova (International: English title)
14. Michel Strogoff (1926) .... Michael Strogoff
      ... aka Kurier des Zaren, Der (Germany)
      ... aka Michael Strogoff
15. Feu Mathias Pascal (1926) (as Ivan Mosjoukine) .... Mathias Pascal
      ... aka The Late Mathias Pascal (International: English title: literal title)
      ... aka The Living Dead Man (International: English title)
16. Lion des Mogols, Le (1924) (as Ivan Mosjoukine) .... Prince Roundghito-Sing
17. Ombres qui passent, Les (1924) (as Ivan Mosjoukine)
18. Kean (1924) (as Ivan Mosjoukine) .... Edmund Kean
      ... aka Désorde et génie (France)
      ... aka Edmund Kean: Prince Among Lovers (International: English title)
      ... aka Kean ou Désordre et génie (France)
19. Maison du mystère, La (1923) (as Ivan Mosjoukine) .... Julien Villandrit
20. Brasier ardent, Le (1923)
      ... aka The Burning Brazier (USA: festival title)
21. Tempêtes (1922)
22. Justice d'abord (1921)
23. Angoissante aventure, L' (1920) (as Ivan Mosjoukine) .... Octave de Granier
      ... aka Agonizing Adventure (International: English title)
24. Chlen parlamenta (1920) .... Lord Chilcott
      ... aka Lord Chilcott (International: English title)
      ... aka Morphia, Lord Chilcotts' Shadow (International: English title)
      ... aka Morphine (France)
25. Tayna korolevy (1919)
      ... aka The Queen's Secret (International: English title)
26. Bogatyr dukha (1918)
27. Malyutka Elli (1918)
28. Satana likuyushchiy (1917)
      ... aka Satan Triumphant
29. Ne nado krovi (1917)
      ... aka Blood Need Not Be Spilled (International: English title)
30. Andrey Kozhukhov (1917)
31. Prokuror (1917)
      ... aka Public Prosecutor (International: English title)
32. Kulisy ekrana (1917)
      ... aka A Life Destroyed by Pitiless Fate (International: English title)
      ... aka Behind the Screen (International: English title)
33. Otets Sergiy (1917) .... Prince Kasatsky, later Father Sergius
      ... aka ???? ?????? (Russia)
      ... aka Father Sergius (International: English title)
34. Zhenshchina s kinzhalom (1916)
      ... aka Woman with a Dagger (International: English title: informal title)
35. Pikovaya dama (1916) .... German
      ... aka The Queen of Spades (International: English title)
36. Au sommet de sa gloire (1916)
      ... aka Au faîte de sa gloire (France)
      ... aka Na vierchine slavy (Russia)
37. Grekh (1916)
      ... aka Sin (International: English title)
38. Nishchaya (1916)
39. Nikolay Stavrogin (1915)
40. Potop (1915)
      ... aka Flood (International: English title)
41. Natasha Rostova (1915)
42. Peterburgskiye trushchobi (1915)
      ... aka Petersburg Slums (International: English title)
      ... aka The Lower Depths of St. Petersburg (International: English title)
43. Ruslan i Lyudmila (1915)
      ... aka Ruslan and Ludmilla (International: English title)
44. Deti vanyushina (1915)
45. Komediasmerti (1915)
46. Para gnedych (1915)
47. Vlast tmy (1915)
48. Vot ispynoulo outro (1915)
49. Krizantemy (1914) .... Vladimir
      ... aka Chrysanthemums (International: English title)
50. Slava - nam, smert' - vragam (1914) .... Her groom, officer
51. Zhizn v smerti (1914)
      ... aka Life in Death (International: English title)
52. Sorvanets (1914) .... Anatoli
53. Eyo geroyskiy podvig (1914) .... Robert
54. Zhenshchina zavtrashevo dnya (1914) .... Nikolay, Anna's husband
      ... aka Woman of Tomorrow (International: English title)
55. Revnost (1914)
56. Ty pomnish' li? (1914)
      ... aka Do You Remember? (International: English title)
57. Vot mchitza troikapotchovaria (1914)
58. V rukakh besposhchadnogo roka (1914)
59. Noch pered Rozhdestvom (1913) .... Devil
      ... aka Christmas Eve (International: English title)
      ... aka The Night Before Christmas (International: English title: informal title)
60. Domik v Kolomne (1913) .... The officer/Mavrusha
61. Obryv (1913)
      ... aka The Precipice (International: English title)
62. Gore Sarry (1913) .... Isaac
      ... aka Sorrows of Sarah (International: English title)
63. Votsareniye doma Romanovikh (1913) .... Yurodivyj
      ... aka 1613 (Russia)
      ... aka Accession of the Romanov Dynasty (International: English title)
64. Dyadushkina kvartira (1913) .... Coco
      ... aka Uncle's Apartment (International: English title)
65. Pyanstvo i yevo posledstviya (1913)
      ... aka Drunkenness and Its Consequences (International: English title)
66. Strashnaya mest (1913) .... Devil
      ... aka A Terrible Revenge (International: English title)
      ... aka The Terrible Vengeance (USA)
67. Tchaz boulat (1913)
68. Voyna i mir (1913)
69. Rabochaya slobodka (1912)
      ... aka Worker's Quarters (International: English title)
70. Mirele Efros (1912/II)
71. Snokhatch (1912)
72. Strasnie pokoynik (1912)
73. Oborona Sevastopolya (1911) .... Kornilov
      ... aka Defence of Sevastopol (International: English title: literal title)
74. Kreitzerova sonata (1911) .... Trukhachevski
      ... aka The Kreutzer Sonata (International: English title: literal title)
75. Na boykom meste (1911)
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