Viktor Tourjansky: Viktor Tourjansky. Director: The Cossacks. Viktor Tourjansky was a Russian film director who emigrated after the communist revolution of 1917, and worked in France, Germany, USA, UK, and Italy. He was born Viacheslav Konstantinovich Turzhanski on March 4, 1891, in Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire (now Kiyiv, Ukraine). Studied painting and art history. In 1911 he moved to Moscow and studied acting under Konstantin Stanislavski and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. In 1912-1914, Tourjansky worked...
Known For: The Cossacks (Director), Hôtel des étudiants (Director(as Victor Tourjanski)), The Governor (Director), Herod the Great (Director(as Arnaldo Genoino))