Vladimir Fogel

Vladimir Pavlovich Fogel (; 19029 June 1929) was a Russian silent film actor.

Biography Vladimir Fogel was born in Moscow. His family name comes from his German father, an immigrant who worked as an accountant despite hardly speaking any Russian. Fogel's education in the Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology was terminated by the October Revolution. After spending some years traveling around Russia, he returned to Moscow and enrolled to the newly opened National Film School to study acting.

His teacher was Lev Kuleshov, who later called Fogel an "ingenious cinema actor — the best in our generation."

The actor worked very intensively, making four movies per year, which led to nervous breakdowns and health problems. In 1929 he committed suicide which came as a great shock to everyone. As Lev Kuleshov wrote, "Fogel, mercilessly overloaded with uninteresting work, became schizophrenic and committed suicide. Seems like it was an inherited illness. His brother, a flying ace, ended similarly: he jumped out of a plane after setting a flight altitude record."

Fogel was buried at the Donskoye Cemetery.

Filmography

The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (1924) as cocky young man Luch Smerti (1924) as fascist Chess Fever (1925) as The Boy The Three Million Trial (1926) as Man with a binocular Po Zakonu (1926) as Michael Dennin Miss Mend (1926) as Vogel - Reporter The Girl with a Hatbox (1927) as Fogelev Bed and Sofa (1927) as Volodia, the friend The End of St. Petersburg (1927) as German Officer Who Are You? (1927) Kukla s millionami (1928) as Paul Cuisinai Dom na Trubnoy (1928) as Mr. Golikov - hairdresser The Yellow Ticket (1928) as Baron's son-in-law (as V.P. Fogel) Salamander (1928) as Bankier