Dimitri Kirsanoff
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Born: 1899-03-06 · Tartu, Estonia
Died: 1957-02-11
Biography
Dimitri Kirsanoff (Russian: Дими́трий Кирса́нов) was an early filmmaker, considered part of the French Impressionist movement in film. He is known for his inexpensively made experimental films. Kirsanoff was born Markus David Sussmanovitch Kaplan in Tartu (then Juryev), Estonia, then Russian Empire in 1899 to Lithuanian Jewish parents. 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 neve
🎬 Movies (22)
Miss Catastrophe
1957
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Tonight the Skirts Fly
1956
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Le Crâneur
1955
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The Midnight Witness
1953
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Death of a Stag
1951
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Backward Season
1950
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Various Facts About Paris
1950
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Sunless Neighborhood
1946
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Two Friends
1946
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The Midnight Airplane
1938
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The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
1938
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Franco de port
1937
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Young Girl in the Garden
1936
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The Fountain of Arethusa
1936
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Scrupule
1935
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The Kidnapping
1934
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The Cradles
1931
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Autumn Mists
1929
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Sables
1928
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Destin
1927
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Ménilmontant
1926
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Irony of Fate
1924
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