Evreinoff, Nicolas

(February 13, 1879, Moscow, Russia - 1953, France)

   He arrived in France in 1925 and soon became a praised playwright and stage director. His play La Comédie du Bonheur (Samoe Glavnoe) was created at the Théâtre de l'Atelier in 1927 and brought to the screen in 1940 (La Comédie du Bonheur / Ecco la fe-licità, Marcel L'Herbier; France / Italy). A historian of his art, he wrote books on theater (1930 Le Théâtre dans la Vie, Editions Stock; 1946 Histoire du Théâtre russe, Le Chêne).

 Filmography

1929 ◘ Fécondité (co-director with Henri Etiévant)

        ◘ Au pays de Ramona (short; filmed song)

        ◘ Etincelles de Music-Hall (short; filmed song)

1931 ◘ Pas sur la Bouche (co-director with Nicolas Rimsky)