Ivan Mozzhukhin Net Worth is
$250,000

Mini Biography

Ivan Mozzhukhin was a legendary professional of Russian silent movies, who escaped execution with the Soviet Red Military and had a stellar profession in Europe. He was created Ivan Ilyich Mozzhukhin on Sept 26, 1889, in the community of Kondol, Saratov province, Russia (now Penza province, Russia). His dad was general supervisor of the huge property of Prince Obolensky. Mozzhukhin went to all-boys Gymnasium in Penza, after that studied at regulations College of Moscow College or university for just two years. There he was energetic in beginner stage productions and became a member of a touring troupe, after that came back to Moscow and was an associate from the Vvedensky Narodny Dom Theater. He produced his film debut in 1908. From 1911-14 he proved helpful in the movies of manufacturer Aleksandr Khanzhonkov. Mozzhukhin shot to popularity after his leading part as violinist Trukhachevsky in Kreytserova sonata (1911) by movie director Pyotr Chardynin, predicated on the eponymous tale by Leo Tolstoy. He starred as Adm. Kornilov in Oborona Sevastopolya (1911) and in about 30 even more silent films created by Chardynin, Yevgeni Bauer and Khanzhyonkov. From the mid-’10s Mozzhukhin was the indisputable leading star from the Russian cinema, having such film companions as ‘Diaghilev”s ballerina Vera Karalli, and his own wife Nathalie Lissenko. His cosmetic expressions had been researched by many stars and directors as exemplary performing masks. From 1915-19 he worked well in about 40 movies by directors Yakov Protazanov and Viktor Tourjansky beneath the famous Russian maker Joseph N. Ermolieff. His most widely known films from the Russian period had been Pikovaya dama (1916) and Otets Sergiy (1918), both by Protazanov. Mozzhukhin’s amazing recognition brought him significant prosperity, but that was included with attendant pressure; he also became well-known for his several love affairs along with his admirers. In 1918 the Russian Communist revolution had currently triggered irreversible destruction of social and financial life, and Mozzhukhin moved under safety from the anti-Communist White Russian forces in Yalta, Crimea. There he worked well for Ermolieff through the Russian Civil Battle. Meanwhile, Soviet authorities leader V.We. Lenin purchased the seizure and nationalization of most film studios and their movies, properties and additional assets to make use of to make Soviet propaganda’ the majority of Mozzhukhin’s 70 movies were arrested and censored. Lev Kuleshov utilized fragments of Mozzhukhin’s movies to show his editing concepts. Mozzhukhin’s encounter was found in Kuleshov’s mental montage to demonstrate the concepts of film editing, known today as the Kuleshov Impact. Mozzhukhin suffered terribly from the increased loss of his property following the Communist trend. However, he continuing employed in Yalta with Ermolieff before end of 1919. When the Crimson Military advanced into Crimea and broke to Yalta, nevertheless, he became a member of the White colored Russians and fled the now-communist Russia by the end from the Civil Battle. He were able to save several rolls of his silent movies, which he got aboard the Greek machine Pantera in Feb of 1920. He remaining Russia regarding his film companions through the Ermolieff film business, his wife Nathalie Lissenko, stars Nicolas Koline and Nicolas Rimsky, celebrity Nathalie Kovanko, cinematographer Nikolai Toporkoff, movie director Viktor Tourjansky and maker Joseph N. Ermolieff. They emigrated collectively to Paris, France, and began a Russian-French film business. In 1926 Mozzhukhin got a profitable contract with Common Photos in Hollywood, and was cast as the male lead in Surrender (1927). Nevertheless, his stint in Hollywood had not been a success, because of numerous pressures through the studio’s makers who insisted on his acquiring the stage name John Moskin. Furthermore, Mozzhukhin and his feminine co-star Mary Philbin didn’t get along whatsoever, which was quite obvious from the video footage that that they had no chemistry whatever. Ats Hollywood in those days was just producing the changeover from silent movies to talkies, Mozzuhkhin–who didn’t speak English–was not really offered any more tasks, and he came back to Europe. Quickly Aleksandr Vertinskiy started to comment that Mozzhukhin’s difficulties in Hollywood had been the results of the conspiracy from the forces in Hollywood to destroy a solid competitor. By 1939 Mozzhukhin had made over 100 movies in Russia, France, Italy, the united states, Germany and Austria. He continuing starring in the talkies from the 1930s, although much less successfully as he previously through the silent period. He also had written screenplays for a number of of his movies, and prepared to immediate a film in France, however the task was deserted because he contracted a serious type of tuberculosis and was hospitalized. Mozzhukhin passed away of tuberculosis inside a Paris center on January 17, 1939, and was laid to rest in the Russian Cemetery at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, in Paris, France. Mozzhukhin’s house in Kondol, Penza province, is currently restored as the general public Memorial Museum of Ivan Mozzhukhin. There, because the 1990s, the museum offers annual displaying of Mozzhukhin’s movies, also called Mozzhukhin’s Festivities.

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