Nikolai Toporkoff

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Nikolai Toporkoff , out under Nicolas Toporkoff , ( Russian Николай Павлович Топорков ; born June 8 jul. / 20th June  1885 greg. In Moscow ; † 20th June 1965 in Cannes , France ) was a Russian cameraman at local, German and french film.

Life

Toporkoff had stayed abroad until he was 25 and received practical training as a cameraman there. In 1910 he was taken over by the French film company Gaumont and used as a newsreel cameraman in his native Russia. Toporkoff remained active in this field of activity until the outbreak of World War I , when he switched to feature films. Toporkoff brought in a number of central directors of the Tsarist era for their productions, including Yevgeny Bauer and Jakow Protasanow .

In 1919, at the time of the civil war in Russia, Toporkoff followed the general exodus of Russian film artists towards Western Europe and settled in France. In Paris he joined the Belarusian émigré circles and the Albatros Film production company they founded and photographed primarily the productions of Russian exile directors such as Alexander Wolkoff , Viktor Tourjansky , Nikolai Malikoff , Vladimir Strijewski and Fedor Ozep . Toporkoff, who changed his first name to a francophone Nicolas in Paris, worked regularly on the films with Ivan Mosjukin , the most popular actor in the Tsarist empire, until 1931 ; also when he was behind the camera in Berlin studios during the last years of silent film, from 1927 to 1930.

“From an artistic point of view, Toporkoff films were rather poor in meaning, since the late 30s he was almost only involved in second- and third-rate productions.” Nikolai / Nicolas Toporkoff died on his 80th birthday.

Filmography

  • 1914: Drama w Kabare Futuristow No. 13
  • 1916: Pikovaya dama
  • 1916: Kulissi ekrana
  • 1917: Satana likujushchi
  • 1917: Djelo beilisa
  • 1920: An unsettling adventure ( L'angoissante aventure )
  • 1921: L'ordonnance
  • 1922: La nuit du 11 septembre
  • 1922: The mysterious house ( La maison du mystère )
  • 1922: Marriage Stories ( Le brasier ardent )
  • 1923: Extinguishing Torch ( Kean )
  • 1923: La dame masquée
  • 1924: Ce cochin de Morin
  • 1924: The gallant prince ( Le prince charming )
  • 1925: Artist's Blood ( Âme d'artiste )
  • 1925: La cible
  • 1925: La folie des vaillants
  • 1926: The Tsar's Courier ( Michel Strogoff )
  • 1926: Napoleon
  • 1927: Casanova
  • 1927: The Apaches of Paris (also French verse: Paname )
  • 1928: Secrets of the Orient
  • 1928: The Tsar's adjutant
  • 1929: Adieu, Mascotte
  • 1929: The white devil
  • 1930: Troika
  • 1930: La femme d'une nuit
  • 1931: Le mystère de la chambre jaune
  • 1931: L'aiglon
  • 1931: Circulez
  • 1931: Raid on love ( Un soir de rafle )
  • 1931: Sergeant X (also French original verse : Le sergent X )
  • 1932: Fanny ( Fanny )
  • 1932: Le chien jaune
  • 1932: Suzanne
  • 1933: Un soir de réveillons
  • 1933: Battle of the sexes ( Rapt )
  • 1935: Le roi de Camargue
  • 1935: Michel Strogoff
  • 1936: Rose
  • 1936: Au service du tsar
  • 1937: La dame de pique
  • 1937: La danseuse rouge
  • 1937: Ramuntcho
  • 1938: Un de la canebière
  • 1938: Vidocq
  • 1939: Campement 13
  • 1939: Czarne diamenty
  • 1939: Ma aunt dictateur
  • 1940: Ceux du ciel
  • 1940: Documents secrets
  • 1942: The silver whip ( Le camion blanc )
  • 1943: Le carrefour des enfants perdus
  • 1943: La collection Ménard
  • 1945: Peloton d'exécution
  • 1945: Le jugement dernier
  • 1946: The Eternal Husband ( L'homme au chapeau rond )
  • 1947: Tierce à coeur
  • 1947: The actor ( Le comédien )
  • 1948: The Limping Devil ( Le diable boiteux )
  • 1948: Knight of his King ( Du Guesclin )
  • 1949: Agnès de rien
  • 1949: L'esadron blanc
  • 1950: Open the ring (Au revoir, Monsieur Grock)
  • 1950: Chéri
  • 1950: His Majesty the Seal (Mon phoque et elles)
  • 1951: Seuls au monde
  • 1952: Among gangsters ( Je suis un moucharde )
  • 1953: The Renegade ( Le défroqué )
  • 1954: Leguignon guérisseur

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 8: T - Z. David Tomlinson - Theo Zwierski. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 9.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 8: T - Z. David Tomlinson - Theo Zwierski. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 9.
personal data
SURNAME Toporkoff, Nikolai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Toporkoff, Nicolas; Топорков, Николай Павлович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian cameraman for domestic, German and French films
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1965
Place of death Cannes , France