Alexandre Mnouchkine Explained

Alexandre Mnouchkine
Birth Name:	Alexandre Alexandrovich Mnouchkine
Birth Date:	1908 2, df=y
Birth Place:	St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Spouse:	Jane Hannen
Children:	1
Occupation:	Film producer

Alexandre Alexandrovich Mnouchkine (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Мну́шкин; 10 February 1908, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire – 3 April 1993, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was a French film producer.^[1]

He moved to Paris in 1925. After his entry into cinema in 1932, he created Ariane Films in 1945.^[2] Alexandre Mnouchkine married twice, the second time to the comedian Simone Renant. He is the father of Ariane Mnouchkine.^[3] In 1987 he was a member of the jury at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.^[4]

Selected filmography

He was the producer on 50 films, including:

• The Emigrant (1940)
• Convicted (1948)
• L'Aigle à deux têtes by Jean Cocteau (1948)
• The Cupid Club (1949)
• Julie de Carneilhan (1950)
• The Happy Man (1950)
• Fanfan la Tulipe by Christian-Jaque (1952),
• Madame du Barry (1954)
• Madelon (1955)
• Women's Club (1956)
• Les Gauloises bleues by Michel Cournot (1968),
• The Name of the Rose by Jean-Jacques Annaud (1986),
• 6 films directed by Claude Lelouch,
• 10 films directed by Philippe de Broca, including L'Homme de Rio and Dear Louise
• La Révolution française - episode "Les Années Lumière" by Robert Enrico.

Actor

• Le Voyou (1970)
• Touch and Go (1971) - L'homme en vélo-taxi (uncredited)
• L'aventure, c'est l'aventure (1972) - Davis (uncredited)
• Le Magnifique (1973) - Paramedic at the Back of Ambulance (uncredited)
• Illustrious Corpses (1976) - Pattos (uncredited)
• If I Had to Do It All Over Again (1976)
• Jupiter's Thigh (1980) - Hermann Von Blankenberg (uncredited)
• I Hate Actors (1986) - Zupelman
• Spirale (1987) - Gustav Stadler
• The African Woman (1990) - Andrej (final film role)

Awards

• Honorary César award in 1982

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alexandre Mnouchkine. https://web.archive.org/web/20171013040843/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba190ff37. dead. October 13, 2017. BFI.
2. Web site: Les Films Ariane. https://web.archive.org/web/20170720014456/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b942b26fb. dead. July 20, 2017. BFI.
3. News: Ariane Mnouchkine and the Théâtre du Soleil: a life in theatre. Andrew. Dickson. The Guardian . August 10, 2012. www.theguardian.com.
4. Web site: 15th Moscow International Film Festival (1987) . 2013-02-18 . MIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194338/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1987 . 2013-01-16 .