Michel Strogoff is a 1926 French silent historical adventure film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Kovanko, and Acho Chakatouny. It is an adaptation of Jules Verne's 1876 novel Michael Strogoff. In 1961 Tourjanski directed a sequel titled Le Triomphe de Michel Strogoff.
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Cast
Ivan Mozzhukhin as Michael Strogoff
Nathalie Kovanko as Nadia Fedor
Acho Chakatouny as Ivan Ogareff
Jeanne Brindeau as Maria Strogoff
Marie-Louise Vois as Zaugara
M. Debas as Enur Feifar
Vladimir Gajdarov as Tzar Alexandre of Russia
Micolas Kougoucheff as General Kissoff
Henri Debain as Harry Blount
Boris de Fast as Féofar-Khan
Gabriel de Gravone as Alcide Jolivet
Vladimir Kvanin as Wassili Feodoroff, Nadia's father
Nicolas Koline
Production
A number of filmmakers involved were exiles from the Russian Revolution of 1917. The film's art direction was by Eduardo Gosch, César Lacca, Alexandre Lochakoff, Vladimir Meingard, and Pierre Schild who recreated the atmosphere of the mid-nineteenth century Russian Empire.