Georgi Azagarov
Georgi Asagarow , in Germany Georg Asagaroff , also Georgij Azagarov , Russian Георгий Азагаров; (* August 13 . Jul / 25. August 1892 greg. In Moscow , Russian Empire ; † 2. November 1957 in Munich , Federal Republic of Germany ) was a Russian film director and actor.
Life
Azagarov came to film in 1915. He wrote film scenarios and appeared as an actor in films by Yevgeny Bauer , Pyotr Tschardynin and Jakow Protasanov . In the same year he also made his directorial debut with the film Spiel des Schicksals . By the October Revolution he directed around a dozen films, including Грех ( sin , co-director with Jakow Protasanow) in 1916 and Кулисы экрана (co-director with Alexander Volkov ) in 1917 .
Then he went to Germany, where he made several entertainment films under the name Georg Asagaroff from 1923 . The best known are Revolt im Erziehungshaus and Das Donkosakenlied (both 1930).
After the transfer of power to the National Socialists in 1933, he was banned from working. After the Second World War he lived in Munich.
His son Grischa Asagaroff is an opera director.
literature
- Kay Less : Between the stage and the barracks. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , p. 41.
Web links
- Georgi Asagarow at filmportal.de
- Georgi Asagarow in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Azagarov, Georgi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Asagaroff, Georg; Азагаров, Георгий (Russian); Azagarov, Georgiĭ |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian film director and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1957 |
| Place of death | Munich , Federal Republic of Germany |