Nicolas Koline
Biography
Nicolas Fjodorowitsch Koline was a Russian stage and film actor born in 1878. He established himself as a performer with the First Studio of the Moscow Art Theatre, later migrating to Poland where he gave lectures on Russian literature before moving to France. In Paris, he began starring in films alongside other Russian immigrants, eventually joining Joseph Ermolieff's film company at Montreuil. Koline then moved to Munich, Germany, where he started starring in films in 1928.