Cause of death Heart attack | Name Dimitri Kirsanoff Role Filmmaker | |
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Full Name Markus David Sussmanovitch Kaplan Nationality Russian (Latvian or Estonian) Movies Menilmontant, Autumn Mists, La Fontaine D'arethuse, Walk Into Paradise Spouse Noella Bessette (m. ?–1957), Nadia Sibirskaia Similar People Nadia Sibirskaia, Marcello Pagliero, Chips Rafferty |
Dimitri kirsanoff m nilmontant 1924 25 silent movie
Dimitri Kirsanoff (Russian: Дими́трий Кирса́нов) (6 March 1899 – 11 February 1957) was an early filmmaker, considered part of the French Impressionist movement in film. He is known for his inexpensively made experimental films.
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- Dimitri kirsanoff m nilmontant 1924 25 silent movie
- Mnilmontant 1926 Dimitri Kirsanoff music Yegor Zabelov accordion
- Early life
- Filmography
- References
Ménilmontant (1926, Dimitri Kirsanoff) - music: Yegor Zabelov accordion.
Early life

Kirsanoff was born Markus David Sussmanovitch Kaplan (Маркус Давид Зусманович Каплан) in Tartu (then Juryev), Estonia, then Russian Empire in 1899. In the early 1920s he moved to Paris and became involved in cinema through playing cello in the orchestra at showings. He began making films on his own, and never worked with a production company.

He was married to the actress Nadia Sibirskaïa who starred in several of his early films.
Filmography

References
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