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Grigoriy Chukhray

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 05/23/1921 († 80, 10/29/2001) | Melitopol / Melitópol’ (Ukraine)
Grigory Naumovich Chukhray (Russian: Григо́рий Нау́мович Чухра́й; Ukrainian: Григорiй Наумович Чухрай; 23 May 1921 – 28 October 2001) was a Ukrainian Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1981). He's the father of the Russian film director Pavel Chukhray. ()

Grigoriy Chukhray was a Ukrainian filmmaker, who gained fame outside the Soviet Union for his films The Forty-First, shown at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival, and especially Ballad of a Soldier, which won a special jury prize at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and prizes for Best Picture and Best Director at the 1960 San Francisco International Film Festival.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | War | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

In this provocative Soviet drama, an aged couple are left homeless after their farm burns down, and they head off to live with their impoverished daughter. When they arrive, they are appalled to learn ...

There Was an Old Couple

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1965 | 2.7/5 | 1h 43min
Drama
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An unexpected romance occurs for a female Red Army sniper and a White Army officer. ...

The Forty-First

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1956 | 3.4/5 | 1h 28min
Drama
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During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield. Feeling homesick, he decides to visit hi ...

Ballad of a Soldier

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1959 | 4.1/5 | 1h 29min
Drama, Romance / Love, War
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For many years, Sasha Lvova has been waiting for the return of her lover, pilot Aleksei Astakhov, refusing to believe in his death at the front. And he really returns to her and his son after captivit ...

Clear Skies

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1961 | 3.2/5 | 1h 50min
War, Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Grigoriy Chukhray

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" People's Artist of the USSR Order of The Patriotic War 1st Class Order of The Patriotic War 2nd Class Order "for Merit To The Fatherland", 4th Class Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of the Red Star Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad" Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" People's Artist of the RSFSR Lenin Prize Honored Art Worker of The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" Medal "Veteran of Labour" BAFTA Award for Best Film Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film Targa d'Oro Nika Award for the Lifetime Achievement Award Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Medal of Zhukov Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
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TV Shows/Series with Grigoriy Chukhray as Actor(1)

as Narrator1993 To Remember

Movies with Grigoriy Chukhray as Crew(11)

Directing/Director1992 Mortal Enemies: From Death and Survival in Stalingrad
Directing/Director1979 Life Is Beautiful
Writing/Original Story1979 Life Is Beautiful
Directing/Director1978 The Mire
Writing/Writer1978 The Mire
Directing/Director1965 There Was an Old Couple
Production/Producer1965 There Was an Old Couple
Directing/Director1961 Clear Skies
Directing/Director1959 Ballad of a Soldier
Writing/Writer1959 Ballad of a Soldier
Directing/Director1956 The Forty-First

Full Name: Grigori Chukhray
Citizenships: Soviet Union (former country), Russia
Born: Monday, 05/23 1921 (May) in Melitopol / Melitópol’ (Ukraine)
Died: Monday, 10/29 2001 (October) in Moscow (aged: 80)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: Russian (RU)
Educated at: Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Employer: Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, Top Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors
Member of: Association of Filmmakers of the USSR
Children: Pavel Chukhray
Other names for Grigoriy Chukhray (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Grigori Tchoukhrai"
"Григорий Чухрай"
"Grigorij Naumovics Csuhraj"
"Григорий Наумович Чухрай"
"Grigory Chukhray"
"Grigori Naumowitsch Tschuchrai"
Grigoriy Chukhray frequently works together with these people:
Leonid Filatov (6x, Actor)
Mikhail Ziv (3x, Crew)
Nikolay Kryuchkov (3x, Actor)
Antonina Maksimova (2x, Actress)
Boris Nemechek (2x, Crew)
Vladimir Druzhnikov (2x, Actor)
Sergei Poluyanov (2x, Crew)
Georgi Shapovalov (2x, Actor)
Mariya Timofeyeva (2x, Crew)
Sergei Voronkov (2x, Crew)
Giantito Burchiellaro (2x, Crew)
Nikolay Dupak (2x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:91802, Added: 05/27/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024