10 Facts About Alexis Granowsky

Alexis Granowsky was a Russian theatre director who later became a film director.

Alexis Granowsky served in the Russian army during the First World War before in 1919 he set up his own Jewish-orientated theatre in St Petersburg, which under a new director became GOSET.

Alexis Granowsky's reputation rose quickly over the following years, as he became one of the most celebrated theatre directors in Europe.

In 1925 Alexis Granowsky directed his first film, a silent, but concentrated his efforts on his stage work.

Alexis Granowsky was initially feted by the Soviet authorities and was awarded a number of honours but he began to find their cultural policies increasingly restrictive, and emigrated to the Weimar Republic in the late 1920s.

In Germany Alexis Granowsky worked on some theatre productions, but increasingly moved into film.

Alexis Granowsky collaborated with a number of other Russian exiles such as Leo Lania who shared his left-wing political views.

Alexis Granowsky directed two German films, before emigrating to Paris where he lived for the rest of his life.

Alexis Granowsky produced and directed expensive prestige films The Adventures of King Pausole and Taras Bulba.

Alexis Granowsky had married a wealthy German woman, but they separated before his death.