Dimitri Kirsanoff
Date of Birth: 06 Mar 1899
Country: France
Biography: Dimitri Kirsanoff (6 March 1899 – 11 February 1957) was an early film-maker working in France, sometimes considered part of the French Impressionist movement in film. He is known for some poetic silent films which he made independently, especially the medium-length Ménilmontant, but he was less successful with commercial films in the sound era.
Total Credits at Criticker: 1 (Actor), 12 (Director), 2 (Writer)
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Ménilmontant (1926) - Short Film
After a grisly murder, two sisters move to the city of Paris to start anew. However, they find themselves at the mercy of masculine dominance and the unforgiving city-life.
Brumes d'automne (1929) - Short Film
A woman recalls her past. As she burns some old letters, her memories are shown on the screen. Outside, it is raining, leaves drop from trees and the landscape is distorted as it reflects in pools of water. (classicmovies.com)
Arrière-saison (1950) - Short Film
A woman waits for her husband, a woodcutter, during long lonely days. She becomes weary and leaves him to live with her sister. He takes the news with a look of resignation, but the next day she returns to wait for him again. (DVDTalk)
La fontaine d'Aréthuse (1936) - Short Film
Obscure avant-garde fantasy short by director Dimitri Kirsanoff.
Set high in the Alps, the story concerns a romance blighted by ethnic differences. (allmovie.com)
Une chasse à courre (1951) - Short Film
...this documentary exercise compares a group of aristocratic fox hunters with the fate of their quarry, a mighty deer run to ground by dogs. The stag is shot point blank, immediately dressed for the table and its carcass thrown to the dogs. (www.dvdtalk.com)
Jeune fille au jardin (1936) - Short Film
Experimental short by Dimitri Kirsanoff. Jeune fille au jardin - Mompou - Magda Tagliafero, piano - Clotilde Sakharoff 1936.
Jacques Montet, a successful crime story writer, has already written a hundred books and would like to call it quits now to devote himself to loftier writing. But his wife, a cold-hearted, money-minded, bossy woman won't allow it. (imdb)
The love affairs of five clothing models working for Pierre Roussel, a renowned Paris fashion designer, at Christmastime.
Deux amis (1946) - Short Film
1870, during the Franco-Prussian War. Paris is under siege and food is so scarce that its inhabitants are forced to eat their household pets and any rats they can catch. Whilst walking the empty streets, Monsieur Morissot, a middle-aged clockmaker, meets an old friend, Monsieur Sauvage, and the two take a drink together. (Films de France)