Boris de Fast

Boris de Fast (July 6, 1890 – 1973) was a Russian actor, screenwriter, film editor and make-up artist.^[1][2] Born in Feodosia, Crimea in the Russian Empire, he emigrated to France, where he worked in the film industry.^[3] His rare performances in American films include a strange villainous performance in Tempest (1928) and a role in The Woman Disputed.^[4]

Boris de Fast
Born	July 6, 1890 Feodosia, Crimea, Russian Empire
Died	post 1966
Other names	Boris Fastovich Boris De Fas
Occupation(s)	Actor, screenwriter, film editor and makeup artist
Years active	1924-1967 (film)

Selected filmography

Actor

• The Masked Woman (1924)
• Michel Strogoff (1926)^[5]
• En plongée (1926)
• Napoleon (1927)
• Princess Masha (1927)
• The Woman Disputed (1928)
• Tempest (1928)
• Madonna of the Sleeping Cars (1928)
• Volga Volga (1928)
• Land Without Women (1929)
• The Ship of Lost Souls (1929)
• The Ring of the Empress (1930)
• La Femme d'une nuit (1931)
• Queen of the Night (1931)
• The Man with a Broken Ear (1934)

Editor

• The Orderly (1933)
• Les yeux noirs (1935)
• The Lie of Nina Petrovna (1937)
• Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938)

Screenwriter

• Volga in Flames (1934)

References

1. Waldman p. 141
2. Positif (in French). Nouvelles éditions Opta. 1988.
3. "Boris de Fast - Unifrance". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
4. Jeanne, René; Ford, Charles (1947). Histoire encyclopédique du cinéma: Le cinéma américain, 1895-1945 (in French). R. Laffont.
5. Marmin, Michel (1982). Le cinéma: grande histoire illustrée du 7e art (in French). Editions Atlas. ISBN 978-2-7312-0172-7.

Bibliography

• Waldman, Harry. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2001.

External links

• Boris de Fast at IMDb