Alexis Granowsky (1890â€"1937) was a Russian theatre director who
later became a film director. Granowsky was born as Abraham Azarkh to
a Jewish family in Moscow. After studying in St. Petersburg, he went
to Munich where he gained valuable theatre experience working under
Max Reinhardt. He 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. Granowsky's
reputation rose quickly over the following years, as he became one of
the most celebrated theatre directors in Europe. In 1925 Granowsky
directed his first film, a silent, but concentrated his efforts on his
stage work.After the Russian Revolution, and the Communist victory in
the Russian Civil War, Granowsky continued to live in the country even
though he felt himself culturally Western European. 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 Granowsky worked on some theatre productions, but increasingly
moved into film. He collaborated with a number of other Russian exiles
such as Léo Lania who shared his left-wing political views. He
directed two German films, before emigrating to Paris where he lived
for the rest of his life. He produced and directed expensive prestige
films The Adventures of King Pausole (1933) and Taras Bulba (1936). He
had married a wealthy German woman, but they separated before his
death. Despite his lavish lifestyle, Granowsky died comparatively
poor. Alexis Granowsky Biography, Weight & Height, Age, Nationality & Ethnicity
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