Acting

Boris de Fast

Born June 4, 1891 · Feodossia, Crimea, Ukraine

Died February 1, 1973 · aged 81

Boris de Fast (July 6, 1890 - ?after 1966) was a Russian actor, screenwriter, film editor and make-up artist. Born in Feodosia, Crimea in the Russian Empire, he emigrated to France where he worked in the county's film industry. His only American film was a strange villainous performance in Tempest(1928). Source: Article "Boris de Fast" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Elevator to the Gallows

Elevator to the Gallows · 1958

Elevator to the Gallows

MovieCrimeDrama

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

The Last Adventure

The Last Adventure · 1967

The Last Adventure

MovieAdventureDrama

Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast of Congo stuffed with riches. The adventurers set off to find the loot.

Frou-Frou

Frou-Frou · 1955

MovieRomanceComedy

A story of the love of Frou-Frou - an actress and singer in the in the beginning of her career.

Napoleon

Napoleon · 1927

MovieDramaHistory

A biopic of former Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant 1797 invasion of Italy.

Princesse Masha

Princesse Masha · 1928

Princesse Masha

A baby is abandoned near the Neva in St. Petersburg 1890. A teacher picks it up and takes the little girl. 20 years pass, Masha (Claudia Victrix) flee Russia because her father conspired against the Tsarist regime and is in the attention of the dangerous General Bourgassoff (Jean Toulout) . She goes to study medicine in Paris....

Madonna of the Sleeping Cars

Madonna of the Sleeping Cars · 1928

Madonna of the Sleeping Cars

MovieDramaAdventure

Lady Diana Wynham, a crumbling aristocrat, entrusts her new secretary, Prince Séliman, with a daring mission on whose success will depend the survival of her fortune.

The Ship of Lost Men

The Ship of Lost Men · 1929

The Ship of Lost Men

MovieDramaThriller

A young doctor gets stuck on a ship after treating an injured first mate. Later, he rescues a woman from plane wreckage, and with the help of the cook, he hides her away from the rowdy and dangerous crew.

Nine Boys, One Heart

Nine Boys, One Heart · 1948

Nine Boys, One Heart

MovieMusicComedy

During the Christmas season, Christine, a singer and her friends find themselves penniless. She falls asleep and dreams that she goes to heaven, followed by her friends...

Filmography

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Elevator to the Gallows

Elevator to the Gallows · 1958

Elevator to the Gallows

MovieCrimeDrama

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

Makeup Artist

The Last Adventure

The Last Adventure · 1967

The Last Adventure

MovieAdventureDrama

Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast of Congo stuffed with riches. The adventurers set off to find the loot.

Makeup Artist

Frou-Frou

Frou-Frou · 1955

MovieRomanceComedy

A story of the love of Frou-Frou - an actress and singer in the in the beginning of her career.

Makeup Artist

Napoleon

Napoleon · 1927

MovieDramaHistory

A biopic of former Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant 1797 invasion of Italy.

Makeup Artist

Princesse Masha

Princesse Masha · 1928

Princesse Masha

A baby is abandoned near the Neva in St. Petersburg 1890. A teacher picks it up and takes the little girl. 20 years pass, Masha (Claudia Victrix) flee Russia because her father conspired against the Tsarist regime and is in the attention of the dangerous General Bourgassoff (Jean Toulout) . She goes to study medicine in Paris....

Tzerem Lama

Madonna of the Sleeping Cars

Madonna of the Sleeping Cars · 1928

Madonna of the Sleeping Cars

MovieDramaAdventure

Lady Diana Wynham, a crumbling aristocrat, entrusts her new secretary, Prince Séliman, with a daring mission on whose success will depend the survival of her fortune.

Mr. Varichkine

The Ship of Lost Men

The Ship of Lost Men · 1929

The Ship of Lost Men

MovieDramaThriller

A young doctor gets stuck on a ship after treating an injured first mate. Later, he rescues a woman from plane wreckage, and with the help of the cook, he hides her away from the rowdy and dangerous crew.

The tattooed sailor

Nine Boys, One Heart

Nine Boys, One Heart · 1948

Nine Boys, One Heart

MovieMusicComedy

During the Christmas season, Christine, a singer and her friends find themselves penniless. She falls asleep and dreams that she goes to heaven, followed by her friends...

Makeup Department Head

The Woman Disputed

The Woman Disputed · 1928

The Woman Disputed

MovieHistoryDrama

An adventuress in love with an Austrian agrees to become the mistress of a Russian officer in exchange for the release of Austrian hostages.

Passerby

La Femme d'une nuit

La Femme d'une nuit · 1930

La Femme d'une nuit

A lieutenant of the French navy, ready to kill himself in despair, renounces his project after spending a night with a beautiful stranger, the Princess of Lystrie.

Lystrian doorman

Volga in Flames

Volga in Flames · 1934

Volga in Flames

Lieutenant Orloff, a recently graduated Russian officier, is making his way across the snow-covered steppes to the garrison where he is to be stationed. He comes across a man who has lost his way in the blizzard and takes him to the safety of an inn. Arriving at the garrison, Orloff meets and falls immediately in love with Macha, the daughter of his commander. The town is suddenly attacked by a hoard of bandits who claims to be the true Tsar of Russia.

Screenplay

The Orderly

The Orderly · 1933

Philippe, the order of an old colonel, surprises the wife of his boss in the arms of a young lieutenant. So that he remains silent, she offers herself to him

Screenplay

Michel Strogoff

Michel Strogoff · 1926

Michel Strogoff

Adapted from Jules Verne's 1876 novel Michael Strogoff, the film tells the tale of a Russian courier named Michael Strogoff who has to dash across Russia with a vital message for the tsar's brother, wrestling with bears and fighting off ferocious Tatar rebels along the way. Captured by the Tatars, he is brought before their leader and blinded with a red hot sword by the executioner.

Screenplay

Manolescu, the Prince of Swindlers

Manolescu, the Prince of Swindlers · 1929

Manolescu, the Prince of Swindlers

George Manolescu (Ivan Mosjoukine) plays a confidence man who works his way from Paris to New York. Along the way, during a train ride to Monte Carlo, he meets the voluptuous Cleo (Brigitte Helm). They have a whirlwind romance that ends suddenly after she flees from him.

La dame masquée

La dame masquée · 1924

La dame masquée

A young woman, forced into a loveless marriage, takes a lover.

Robin

Dark Eyes

Dark Eyes · 1935

In 1913, in Russia, a widower hides from his daughter that he is a butler in a meeting restaurant. She meets a banker who is trying to seduce her and takes her to this restaurant. The father, knowing the decadent life of this client, immediately sends his daughter home. The pure love that her piano teacher devotes to her will allow the young girl to console herself for her disappointments...

Editor

Tempest

Tempest · 1928

MovieDramaRomance

In the final days of Czarist Russia, a peasant is raised from the ranks to Lieutenant. The other officers, aristocrats all, resent him, and make his life difficult. He falls in love with a princess, who spurns him. When he is caught in her room, he is stripped of his rank and thrown into prison. Then comes the Red Terror, and the tables are turned.

The Peddler

The Ring of the Empress

The Ring of the Empress · 1930

The Ring of the Empress

MovieDramaHistory

Le Prince charmant

Le Prince charmant · 1925

Le Prince charmant

Unkwown to the vast majority, Count Patrice is the crown prince of Simenia. One day he sails for the East on his yacht "Bengal" in the company of Christiane, a beautiful princess, in love with him. Chance has it that Patrice sets Anar, an Oriental beauty, free from the harem where she is held captive. Love is born between the two young people, which infuriates Christiane. Mad with jealousy, the vexed woman sets about preventing Patrice and Anar from marrying... by all means fair or foul!