Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

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 felicità,
Marcel L’Herbier; France / Italy). A historian of
his art, he wrote books on theater (1930 Le Théâtre
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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; fi lmed song)
Etincelles de Music-Hall (short; fi lmed song)
1931 Pas sur la Bouche (co-director with Nicolas
Rimsky)