Alexandre Kamenka

Alexandre Kamenka
1919 Autochrome by Auguste Léon
Born	8 May 1888 Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	3 December 1969 (aged 81) Paris, France
Occupation	Producer
Years active	1923 - 1960 (film)

Alexandre Kamenka (8 May 1888 – 3 December 1969) was a Russian-born French film producer. He was born the son of Boris Kamenka in Odessa, now in Ukraine. At that time the city was part of the Russian Empire. He fled following the Russian Revolution and went to France where he established the production company Films Albatros.^[1] A number of other Russian exiles were involved with the company.

Selected filmography

• Kean (1924)
• That Scoundrel Morin (1924)
• Carmen (1926)
• The Porter from Maxim's (1927)
• The Italian Straw Hat (1928)
• Two Timid Souls (1928)
• Baccarat (1929)
• Cagliostro (1929)
• Antoinette (1932)
• The Invisible Woman (1933)
• Hotel Free Exchange (1934)
• The Messenger (1937)
• The Bouquinquant Brothers (1947)
• The Barton Mystery (1949)
• Guilty? (1951)

References

Bibliography

• Andrew, Dudley. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film. Princeton University Press, 1995.

External links

• Alexandre Kamenka at IMDb

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