Michel Strogoff (1936 film)

Michel Strogoff is a 1936 French historical adventure film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and Richard Eichberg and starring Anton Walbrook, Colette Darfeuil and Armand Bernard.^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1876 novel Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne. A separate German version The Czar's Courier was also made.

Michel Strogoff
Theatrical film poster
Directed by	Jacques de Baroncelli Richard Eichberg
Written by	Jean Bernard-Luc Hans Kyser Jacques Natanson T. H. Robert
Based on	Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne
Produced by	Joseph N. Ermolieff
Starring	Anton Walbrook Colette Darfeuil Armand Bernard
Cinematography	Ewald Daub A. O. Weitzenberg
Edited by	Jean Delannoy
Music by	Hans Sommer
Production company	Les Productions Ermolieff
Distributed by	Films Sonores Tobis
Release date	10 March 1936 (1936-03-10)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexandre Lochakoff. It was made by the French subsidiary of Tobis Film and shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. Location shooting took place mainly in Bulgaria and at the Johannisthal Air Field.

Cast

• Anton Walbrook as Michel Strogoff
• Colette Darfeuil as Sangarre
• Armand Bernard as Harry Blount
• Charles Vanel as Ivan Ogareff
• Yvette Lebon as Nadia Fédor
• Marcelle Worms as Marfa
• Fernand Charpin as Alcide Jolivet
• Victor Vina as Czar
• Camille Bert as Grand Duke
• Bernhard Goetzke as Feofar Khan
• René Stern as General Kirsanoff
• Bill Bocket as Wassily