Michel Strogoff
AKA Der Kurier des Zaren in Austria and Germany; Miguel Strogoff o El correo del Zar in Spain : [Michael Strogoff]
(1926) French
B&W : 12 reels / 3844 metres
Directed by Viatcheslav Tourjansky

Cast: Ivan Mosjoukine [Michel Strogoff], Nathalie Kovanko [Nadia Fedor], Acho Chakatouny [Ivan Ogareff], Jeanne Brindeau [Maria Strogoff], Tuia de Izarduy [Zaugara], M. Debas [Enur Feifar], Eugène Gaidaroff [the tzar], Prince Micolas Kougoucheff [General Kissoff], Henri Debain [Harry Blount], Boris de Fast [Féofar-Khan], Gabriel de Gravone [Alcide Joviet], Nicolas Koline, Tina Meller

Ciné France production; distributed by Pathé Frères. / Produced by Nöe Bloch and Gregor Rabinovitch. Scenario by Boris de Fast + [Viatcheslav Tourjansky and Ivan Mosjoukine], from the novel Michel Strogoff by Jules Verne. Art direction by Eduardo Gosch, César Lacca, Alexandre Lochakoff, Vladimir Meingard and Pierre Schild. Costume design by Léo Zack. Matte painter W. Percy Day. Cinematography by Léonce-Henri Burel, F. Bourgassof (Fédote Bourgasoff) and Nikolai Toporkoff. / Released 30 June 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. Pathécolor hand-colored process. / A Russian emigré production shot in France. The film was released in France in two parts. The film was released in Germany on 28 August 1926. The film was released in the USA on 5 December 1926.

Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists in the Cinémathèque Française film archive.

Listing updated: 20 August 2007.

References: Bardèche-History p. 169; Bohn-Light p. 161; Brownlow-Parade pp. 233, 516 : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Francois Massarelli.