Grigori Chukhrai
Soviet film director and screenwriter (1921-2001)
1.45body-of-work score · ranked #658 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- May 23, 1921 · Melitopol
- Died
- October 28, 2001 · Moscow
- Nationality
- Soviet Union, Russia
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film producer, director
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1Ballad of a SoldierБаллада о солдате
1959 · Soviet Union · drama, war, romance
BAFTA Best Film winner 1962 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1960 #10 · Criterion Collection spine #148
1.453 citations
Complete filmography
All 9 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1956The Forty-First
- 1959Ballad of a Soldier
- 1961Clear Skies
- 1965There Was an Old Couple
- 1969Память
- 1978Untypical Story
- 1979Life Is Beautiful
- 1985und ich lehre euch träumen
- 1992Todfeinde – Vom Sterben und Überleben in Stalingrad