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Grigoriy Chukhray (1921–2001)

Director | Writer | Producer

Studied at the Moscow Cinema Institute under Soviet film master Mikhail Romm. He found fame after his 1959 film "Ballad of a Soldier" which is considered one of the best Soviet war films and which has played all over the world. See full bio »

Born:

Grigori Naumovich Chukhraj
in Melitopol, Ukraine

Died:

(age 80) in Moscow, Russia
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1984 Ya nauchu vas mechtat... (documentary)
 
1981 Life Is Beautiful
 
1978 Tryasina
 
1973 Memory (documentary)
 
1966 People!
 
1965 There Was an Old Couple
 
1961 Chistoe nebo
 
1959 Ballad of a Soldier
 
1956 The Forty-first
 
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1984 Ya nauchu vas mechtat... (documentary)
 
1981 Life Is Beautiful (revisions to original story)
 
1978 Tryasina (writer)
 
1973 Memory (documentary) (writer)
 
1959 Ballad of a Soldier (as G. Chukhraj)
 
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1967 Nachalo nevedomogo veka (producer)
 
1955 Nazar Stodolya (producer - as Grigori Chukrai)
 
1955 Komandir korablya (assistant director)
 
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1986 Mikhail Romm: Confessions of a Director (documentary)
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1984 Ya nauchu vas mechtat... (documentary)
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Ballad of a Soldier -- Russian soldier Alyosha is granted a visit with his mother after he single-handedly fends off two enemy tanks. As he journeys home, Alyosha encounters the devastation of his war-torn country, witnesses glimmers of hope among the people, and falls in love.
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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

Grigory Chukhrai | G. Chukhraj | Grigori Chukrai
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Father of Pavel Chukhray. See more »

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