Boris Alekin

Boris Alekin was born on Apr 11, 1904 in Russia. Boris Alekin's big-screen debut came with Two Merry Adventurers directed by Karl Hartl in 1937, strarring Hotelkellner (uncredited). Boris Alekin is known for Verklungene Melodie directed by Viktor Tourjansky, Brigitte Horney stars as Barbara Lorenz and Willy Birgel as Thomas Gront. The upcoming new movie Boris Alekin plays is Friedemann Bach which will be released on Jan 01, 1953.

Slight, skinny, sweet-faced, with light blue eyes and wavy blond hair, young Boris Alekin fled the October Revolution and settled down in Germany. The young Russian who could speak four languages (Russian, German, English and French) soon became an actor in his host country, mainly in the theater (The Volksbühne in Berlin, the Rose-Theater in Berlin and even on Broadway for a few months in early 1935) but also before the cameras, although he was not given very interesting parts to play. He can be seen in minor roles (a student,a waiter, a bellboy, a small-time crook, a politician, a musician, a low-ranking officer) in thirteen movies, a few of which are above average such as