Viktor Tourjansky

Career Overview

Viktor Tourjansky has 108 screen credits in a career dating back to 1913. Signature works include Napoleon, A Queen for Caesar, The Triumph of Michael Strogoff. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

108

Birth Date

1891-03-04

Birth Place

Kiew, Ukraine

Known For

• 

  Napoleon
• 

  A Queen for Caesar
• 

  The Triumph of Michael Strogoff
• 

  The Pharaohs' Woman
• Volga Volga
• 

  The Cossacks

Frequent Collaborators

• Nerio Bernardi (3 collaborations)
• Nino Marchetti (2 collaborations)
• Pierre Brice (2 collaborations)
• John Drew Barrymore (2 collaborations)
• Feodor Chaliapin Jr. (2 collaborations)
• Albert Dieudonné (1 collaborations)
• Nicolas Roudenko (1 collaborations)
• Edmond van Daële (1 collaborations)
• Alexandre Koubitzky (1 collaborations)
• Antonin Artaud (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (72 credits)

  • A Queen for Caesar

    director

    directing
    1962
  • The Triumph of Michael Strogoff

    director

    directing
    1961
  • The Pharaohs' Woman

    director

    directing
    1960
  • The Cossacks

    director

    directing
    1960
  • Prisoner of the Volga

    director

    directing
    1959
  • Herod the Great

    director

    directing
    1959
  • Herz ohne Gnade

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Goddess Of Love

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Secret Confession

    director

    directing
    1956
  • Waltz King

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Die Toteninsel

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Salto Mortale

    director

    directing
    1954
  • Morgengrauen

    director

    directing
    1954
  • Arlette Conquers Paris

    director

    directing
    1953
  • Ehe für eine Nacht

    director

    directing
    1953
  • Mutter sein dagegen sehr

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Chased by the Devil

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Der Mann, der zweimal leben wollte

    director

    directing
    1950
  • The Blue Straw Hat

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Comedy Times Three

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Si te hubieses casado conmigo

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Tonelli

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Liebesgeschichten

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Illusion

    director

    directing
    1941
  • The Chaste Beloved

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Enemies

    director

    directing
    1940
  • A Woman Like You

    director

    directing
    1939
  • The Governor

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Der Blaufuchs

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Geheimzeichen LB 17

    director

    directing
    1938
  • The Postmaster's Daughter

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Faded Melody

    director

    directing
    1938
  • The Lie of Nina Petrovna

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Puits en flammes

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Stadt Anatol

    director

    directing
    1936
  • The Fear

    director

    directing
    1936
  • The World's in Love

    director

    directing
    1935
  • Dark Eyes

    director

    directing
    1935
  • The Battle

    director

    directing
    1934
  • Volga in Flames

    director

    directing
    1934
  • La bataille

    director

    directing
    1934
  • The Orderly

    director

    directing
    1933
  • Student’s Hotel

    director

    directing
    1932
  • The Unknown Singer

    director

    directing
    1931
  • The Duke of Reichstadt

    director

    directing
    1931
  • The Eagle

    director

    directing
    1931
  • Manolescu, the Prince of Swindlers

    director

    directing
    1929
  • Volga Volga

    director

    directing
    1928
  • The Adventurer

    director

    directing
    1928
  • Napoleon

    assistant director

    directing
    1927
  • Michel Strogoff

    director

    directing
    1926
  • Le Prince charmant

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Morin the Pig

    director

    directing
    1924
  • La dame masquée

    director

    directing
    1924
  • Calvaire d'amour

    director

    directing
    1923
  • Le chant de l'amour triomphant

    director

    directing
    1923
  • Up to the Hilt

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Nuit de carnaval

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Sin and Redemption

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Chopin's Fifteenth Prelude

    director

    directing
    1922
  • The Tales of the Thousand and One Nights

    director

    directing
    1921
  • L'Ordonnance

    director

    directing
    1921
  • The Gentry's Ball

    director

    directing
    1918
  • The Devil's Scherzo

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Eve Deceived

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Paradise Without Adam

    director

    directing
    1918
  • The Shame of the Orlov's House

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Buyers of Soul and Body

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Follow Me

    director

    directing
    1917
  • Yvette

    director

    directing
    1917
  • The Afterlife Wanderer

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Brothers Karamazov

    director

    directing
    1915

• writing (23 credits)

  • Freddy and the Millionaire

    author

    writing
    1961
  • The Cossacks

    screenplay

    writing
    1960
  • Prisoner of the Volga

    writer

    writing
    1959
  • Herod the Great

    screenplay

    writing
    1959
  • Chased by the Devil

    writer

    writing
    1950
  • The Blue Straw Hat

    writer

    writing
    1949
  • Si te hubieses casado conmigo

    writer

    writing
    1948
  • Tonelli

    writer

    writing
    1943
  • Liebesgeschichten

    writer

    writing
    1943
  • Enemies

    screenplay

    writing
    1940
  • Dark Eyes

    story

    writing
    1935
  • Volga in Flames

    screenplay

    writing
    1934
  • The Orderly

    screenplay

    writing
    1933
  • The Unknown Singer

    adaptation

    writing
    1931
  • Morin the Pig

    writer

    writing
    1924
  • La dame masquée

    writer

    writing
    1924
  • Calvaire d'amour

    writer

    writing
    1923
  • Le chant de l'amour triomphant

    screenplay

    writing
    1923
  • Chopin's Fifteenth Prelude

    writer

    writing
    1922
  • The Tales of the Thousand and One Nights

    writer

    writing
    1921
  • The Gentry's Ball

    writer

    writing
    1918
  • Follow Me

    screenplay

    writing
    1917
  • The Brothers Karamazov

    writer

    writing
    1915

• actors (11 credits)

  • Blood Feud

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Nuit de carnaval

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • La fille sauvage

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Sin and Redemption

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Nanny Goats... Doe Kids... Goats...

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Afterlife Wanderer

    Ammosov, the painter

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Brothers

    Georges

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Precipice

    Mark Volokhov

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Sorrows of Sarah

    Borukh

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Behind The Doors Of The Salon

    Litvinov, painter

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • A Terrible Revenge

    Danila Burumbash

    actor

    actors
    1913

• costume & make-up (2 credits)

  • Verbena

    makeup designer

    costume & make-up
    1941
  • The Tales of the Thousand and One Nights

    costume design

    costume & make-up
    1921