He became badly injured at the east front, and shortly afterwards he died at the age on only 38.
The quadrilingual Alekin (Russian, German, English, French) died of The quadrilingual Alekin (Russian, German, English, French) [4] died of typhus in a military hospital in a military hospital.
After his return from the USA he continued his film career from 1937.
He began his artistic career at the theater and he appeared at the Volksbühne in Berlin.
The actor Boris Alekin grew up in Russia before he emigrated to Germany in 1921 because of the October Revolution.
He went on tour with the "Prague Group" which led him to France and die USA. In USA he also acted on Broadway at the beginning of the 1935.
He never saw the premiere of his last film, the anti-Soviet and anti-British propaganda movie: "Attack on Baku" (August 25, 1942).
When Germany started the raid on Russia in 1941 Boris Alekin he had to serve in the army as a interpreter at the east front.